A Book of Middle English

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John Wiley & Sons, 3 avr. 2013 - 432 pages

This essential Middle English textbook, now in its third edition, introduces students to the wide range of literature written in England between 1150 and 1400.

  • New, thoroughly revised edition of this essential Middle English textbook.
  • Introduces the language of the time, giving guidance on pronunciation, spelling, grammar, metre, vocabulary and regional dialects.
  • Now includes extracts from 'Pearl' and Chaucer's 'Troilus and Criseyde'.
  • Bibliographic references have been updated throughout.
  • Each text is accompanied by detailed notes.
 

Pages sélectionnées

Table des matières

List of Illustrations
IntroducingMiddle English
Vocabulary
Syntax
Metre
From Manuscript to Printed Text
Texts
Inflexions

Autres éditions - Tout afficher

A Book of Middle English
J. A. Burrow,Thorlac Turville-Petre
Aucun aperçu disponible - 2004
A Book of Middle English
J. A. Burrow,Thorlac Turville-Petre
Aucun aperçu disponible - 2004

Expressions et termes fréquents

adjectives Allas alliteration alliterative amon’s Ancrene Wisse Arður Auchinleck manuscript boþe Cambridge Canterbury Tales Chaucer Colgrim ðat dative dede doþ Erkenwald forto French Gawain genitive gode grene grete harp heom herte hire honde inflexions inthe knight kynde kyng Latin loke London Lord manuscript Medieval Middle English Modern English n.pl noght noun ofthe ofþe Old English Oxford oþer past tense Peterborough Chronicle Piers Plowman plural poem prec prep pron pronoun quen quod rhyme schal sche schuld seyde shal sholde singular Sir Orfeo Sold sone subjunctive swete syllables tale thow tothe tyme unstressed verbs verse watz wele wiþ wolde worching word word­order wyth þai þan þat þat þou þe king þee þei Þen Þenne þer þerfore þet þin þine þing þis þou

À propos de l'auteur (2013)

J. A. Burrow is Emeritus Professor at Bristol University. His many publications include Medieval Writers and their Work (1982) and Gestures and Looks in Medieval Narrative (2002).

Thorlac Turville-Petre is Professor of Medieval English Literature at the University of Nottingham. His previous publications include England the Nation (1996) and The Piers Plowman Electronic Archive, Vol. 2: Trinity College, Cambridge, MS B.15.19 (CD Rom, 2000).

Informations bibliographiques

TitreA Book of Middle English
AuteursJ. A. Burrow, Thorlac Turville-Petre
Édition3
ÉditeurJohn Wiley & Sons, 2013
ISBN1118697359, 9781118697351
Longueur432 pages
  
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