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| Genre/Form: | Handbooks, manuals, etc |
|---|---|
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
J J Smith |
| ISBN: | 0415187427 9780415187428 0415187435 9780415187435 |
| OCLC Number: | 40180922 |
| Description: | xiv, 251 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | Pt. I. Descriptive Material. 1. Introduction. 2. Describing language. 3. Old English. 4. Middle English. 5. Early Modern English -- Pt. II. Illustrative Texts. Sect. A. Old English Texts. 1. The Man Who Built His House on Sand. 2. Abraham and Isaac. 3. From the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. 4. Daniel. 5. Caedmon's Hymn. 6. From The Dream of the Rood. 7. From AElfric's Life of King Oswald. 8. From Beowulf. Sect. B. Middle English texts. 1. From The General Prologue to the Canterbury Tales. 2. From The Pardoner's Tale. 3. From The Parson's Tale. 4. From The Peterborough Chronicle. 5. From Sir Orfeo. 6. From Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. 7. From William Caxton's Preface to his edition of the Morte Darthure. |
| Responsibility: | Jeremy J. Smith. |
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Abstract:
A practical and accessible introduction to the early stages of the English language: Old English, Middle English and Early Modern English. Designed for literary or linguistic study, it presumes no prior knowledge of the History of English.
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<p>'A godsend to anyone who wants to read and understand texts in more than just one older period of English. This is a highly readable, improved and enlarged second edition.' - Olga Fischer, University of Amsterdam <p>'It's engaging approach, its unpretentious scholarship, and its lucid exposition of a broad and complex subject, recommend it as a fine textbook for anyone seeking to understand, both the history of the language, and how the linguistic and the literary interconnect in Early English writing.' - Catherine Batt, University of Leeds, UK <p> Read more...
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