Author: British Museum. Department of Printed BooksPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Associations, institutions, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 584
Book Description
Catalogue of Printed Books
Author: British Museum. Department of Printed BooksPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Associations, institutions, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 584
Book Description
British Museum Catalogue of Printed Books
Author: Catalogue of the Printed Books in the Library of the British Museum
Author: British LibraryDictionary Catalog of the Research Libraries of the New York Public Library, 1911-1971
Author: New York Public Library. Research LibrariesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Library catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 572
Book Description
Traditions and Innovations in the Study of Medieval English Literature
Author: Charlotte BrewerPublisher: DS Brewer
ISBN: 1843843544
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 330
Book Description
Essays on the many key aspects of medieval literature, reflecting the significant impact of Professor Derek Brewer. Derek Brewer (1923-2008) was one of the most influential medievalists of the twentieth century, first through his own publications and teaching, and later as the founder of his own academic publishing firm. His working life of some sixty years, from the late 1940s to the 2000s, saw enormous advances in the study of Chaucer and of Arthurian romance, and of medieval literature more generally. He was in the forefront of such changes, and his understandings ofChaucer and of Malory remain at the core of the modern critical mainstream. Essays in this collection take their starting point from his ideas and interests, before offering their own fresh thinking in those key areas of medieval studies in which he pioneered innovations which remain central: Chaucer's knight and knightly virtues; class-distinction; narrators and narrative time; lovers and loving in medieval romance; ideals of feminine beauty; love, friendship and masculinities; medieval laughter; symbolic stories, the nature of romance, and the ends of storytelling; the wholeness of Malory's Morte Darthur; modern study of the medieval material book; Chaucer's poetic language and modern dictionaries; and Chaucerian afterlives. This collection builds towards an intellectual profile of a modern medievalist, cumulatively registering how the potential of Derek Brewer's work is being reinterpreted and is renewing itself now and into the future of medieval studies. Charlotte Brewer is Professor of English Language and Literature at Oxford University and a Fellow of Hertford College, Oxford; Barry Windeatt is Professor of English in the University of Cambridge and a Fellow of Emmanuel College, Cambridge. Contributors: Elizabeth Archibald, Charlotte Brewer, Mary Carruthers, Christopher Cannon, Helen Cooper, A.S.G. Edwards, Jill Mann, Alastair Minnis, Derek Pearsall, Corinne Saunders, James Simpson, A.C. Spearing, Jacqueline Tasioulas, Robert Yeager, Barry Windeatt.
The Cambridge Ms (University Library Gg. 4.27) of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales
Author: Geoffrey ChaucerThe Cambridge Ms (University Library, Gg. 4.27) of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales
Author: Geoffrey ChaucerThe Cambridge Ms. (University Library, Gg. 4. 27) of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales
Author: Geoffrey ChaucerThe Cambridge Ms. (University Library, Gg. 4. 27) Of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales (Classic Reprint)
Author: Frederick James FurnivallPublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9781391249834
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 832
Book Description
Excerpt from The Cambridge Ms. (University Library, Gg. 4. 27) Of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales 4. 4311111711139 of the 23 Tellers of the 24 Can terbury Tales. Cupid from the Elles mere M3, and cut. By Mr Hooper. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
The Emergence of Standard English
Author: John H. FisherPublisher: University Press of Kentucky
ISBN: 0813148464
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 219
Book Description
Language scholars have traditionally agreed that the development of the English language was largely unplanned. John H. Fisher challenges this view, demonstrating that the standardization of writing and pronunciation was, and still is, made under the control of political and intellectual forces. In these essays Fisher chronicles his gradual realization that Standard English was not a popular evolution at all but was the direct result of political decisions made by the Lancastrian administrations of Henry IV and Henry V. To achieve standardization and acceptance of the vernacular, these kings turned to their Chancery scribes, who were responsible for writing and copying legal and royal documents. Chaucer, a relative of the king, began to be labeled by the government as a master of the language, and it was Henry V who inspired the fifteenth-century tradition of citing Chaucer as the "maker" of English. An even more important link between language development and government practice is the fact that Chaucer himself composed in the English of the Chancery scribes. Fisher discusses the development of Chancery practices, royal involvement in promoting use of the vernacular, Chaucer's use of English, Caxton's use of Chancery Standard, and the nineteenth-century phenomenon of a standard, or "received," pronunciation of English. This engaging and clearly written work will change the way scholars understand the development of English and think about the intentional shaping of our language.