Book of Middle English

Name: Book of Middle English
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ISBN: 9781405117098

ISBN-10: 1405117095

ISBN-13: 9781405117098

Edition: 3rd 2004 (Revised)

Authors: J. A. Burrow, Thorlac Turville-Petre

List price: $53.95

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Description:

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.

Book details

List price: $53.95
Edition: 3rd
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Publication date: 11/30/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 432
Size: 5.75" wide x 8.75" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 1.386



List of Illustrations


Preface to the Second Edition


Abbreviations






Introducing Middle English



Pronouncing Middle English



Vocabulary



Inflexions



Syntax



Metre



From Manuscript to Printed Text



Select Bibliography



Note on Treatment of Texts



The Peterborough Chronicle



The Owl and the Nightingale



Layamon's Brut



Ancrene Wisse



Sir Orfeo



The Cloud of Unknowing



William Langland: Piers Plowman



Patience



Sir Gawain and the Green Knight



St Erkenwald



John Trevisa: Dialogue between a Lord and a Clerk



John Gower: Confession Amantis



Lyrics



The York Play of the Crucifixion



Geoffrey Chaucer: The Parliament of Fowls



Geoffrey Chaucer: The Canterbury Tales



Textual Notes



Glossary



Index