Essentials of Early EnglishA practical and accessible introduction to the early stages of the English language: Old English, Middle English and Early Modern English. |
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Contents
Chapter 2 | 18 |
Describing language | 19 |
Old English | 46 |
Middle English | 91 |
Early Modern English | 125 |
Section A Old English Texts | 159 |
Section B Middle English texts | 175 |
1 From The General Prologue to the Canterbury Tales | 176 |
1 From Loues labours lost | 201 |
2 From As you like it | 203 |
3 From The Tragedie of King Lear | 204 |
4 From The Tragedie of Julius Cæsar | 207 |
5 From The Tragedie of Hamlet | 208 |
6 From The Tragedie of Richard the Third | 210 |
7 From the Authorized Version of the Bible 1611 | 212 |
8 From E K s Preface to Spensers Shepheardes Calender 1579 | 213 |
2 From The Pardoners Tale | 178 |
3 From The Parsons Tale | 181 |
4 From The Peterborough Chronicle | 184 |
5 From Sir Orfeo | 186 |
6 From Sir Gawain and the Green Knight | 188 |
7 From William Caxtons Preface to his edition of the Morte Darthure | 190 |
8 From Sir Thomas Malory The Morte Darthur | 192 |
9 A letter from Margaret Paston | 193 |
Early Modern English texts | 199 |
9 From John Miltons Areopagitica 1644 | 215 |
10 From John Dryden All for Love or the World Well Lost 16771678 | 216 |
11 From The Letters of Lady Brilliana Harley 1642 | 218 |
BIBLIOGRAPHY GLOSSARY AND THEMATIC INDEX | 221 |
Annotated Bibliography | 223 |
Old English Glossary | 229 |
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Essentials of Early English: Old, Middle and Early Modern English Jeremy J. Smith Limited preview - 2013 |
Essentials of Early English: Old, Middle and Early Modern English Jeremy J. Smith Limited preview - 2013 |
Common terms and phrases
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Essentials of Early English |
| Author | Jeremy J. Smith |
| Edition | illustrated, reprint, annotated |
| Publisher | Psychology Press, 1999 |
| ISBN | 0415187435, 9780415187435 |
| Length | 251 pages |
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