ONCE part of the Duchy of Normandy, the Channel Islands have produced a rich stream of Norman-language literature extending from the twelfth century to the present day, exploring "themes such as economic expansion across the Atlantic to North America and elections at home; love and limpets; witchcraft, war and women's emancipation; slave-trading and seaweed." This neglected tradition is revealed to a wider audience in a new and intriguing anthology co-edited by that veritable incarnation of the islands, Geraint Jennings (ColA 77-84).
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