Edition |
2nd ed. |
Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 248 pages) : illustrations |
Physical Medium |
polychrome |
Description |
text file |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-225) and index. |
Summary |
'Essentials of Early English' is a practical and highly accessible introduction to the early stages of the English language: Old English, Middle English, and Early Modern English. A bibliography is included and a glossary of key terms. |
Contents |
pt. I. Description -- 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. 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 -- 9. 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 John Lydgate, A balade in commendation of our lady -- 8. From The Guildhall letter-book (1418) -- 9. From William Caxton's preface to his edition of The Morte Darthure (1485) -- 10. From William Caxton's preface to the Eneydos (1490) -- 11. From Sir Thomas Malory, The Morte Darthur -- 12. A letter from Margaret Paston -- Sect. C. Early modern English texts -- 1. From Loues labour's lost -- 2. From As you like it -- 3. From The tragedie of King Lear -- 4. From The tragedie of Julius Caesar -- 5. From The tragedie of Hamlet -- 6. From The tragedie of Richard the Third -- 7. From The tragedie of Macbeth -- 8. From the authorised version of the Bible (1611) -- 9. From John Milton's Areopagitica (1644) -- 10. From John Dryden, All for love or, the world well lost (1677/1678) -- 11. From E.K.'s preface to Spenser's Shepheardes Calender (1579) -- 12. From A letter of Syr J. Cheke (1557) -- 13. From Richard Mulcaster's The first parte of the elementarie (1582) -- 14. From George Puttenham, 'of language', in The arte of English poesie (1589) -- 15. From The letters of Lady Brilliana Harley (1642) -- 16. From The tryall of Ralph Hall and Mary his wife (1665) -- pt. III. Bibliography, glossary and thematic index. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
English language -- Grammar, Historical -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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English language -- Grammar, Historical. |
Genre/Form |
Handbooks and manuals.
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Subject |
English language -- Old English, ca. 450-1100 -- Grammar -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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English language -- Old English -- Grammar. |
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English language -- Middle English, 1100-1500 -- Grammar -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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English language -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- Grammar -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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English language -- Early modern -- Grammar. |
Chronological Term |
1100 - 1500 |
Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Anthologie.
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Einführung.
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Handbooks and manuals.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Smith, J.J. (Jeremy J.). Essentials of early English. 2nd ed. London ; New York : Routledge, 2005 0415342589 0415342597 (DLC) 2004022309 (OCoLC)56615750 |
ISBN |
0203087100 (electronic book) |
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9780203087107 (electronic book) |
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0415342589 (Cloth) |
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0415342597 (paperback) |
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9780415342582 |
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9780415342599 |
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