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    Series series Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
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  • Medieval Romance, Arthurian Literature

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  • The Erotic in the Literature of Medieval Britain

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    Series series Palgrave Studies in Literature, Science and Medicine
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  • Women and Medieval Literary Culture

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    Series series Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
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    Series series Palgrave Studies in Literature, Science and Medicine
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