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The Owl and the Nightingale is an anonymous late thirteenth-century Middle English debate poem in which the protagonists are the titular female nightbirds. This avian querelle [controversy] survives in two medieval manuscripts and is a poem full of teasing wit and delight.

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Owl and the Nightingale

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    2026年

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  • Diane Heath

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The Owl and the Nightingale is an anonymous late thirteenth-century Middle English debate poem in which the protagonists are the titular female nightbirds. This avian querelle [controversy] survives in two medieval manuscripts and is a poem full of teasing wit and delight.