Essentials of Early English: An Introduction to Old, Middle, and Early Modern EnglishThis is a completely revised and updated edition of a highly successful textbook. It provides a practical and highly accessible introduction to the early stages of the English language: Old English, Middle English, and Early Modern English. Designed specifically as a handbook for students beginning the study of early English language, whether for linguistic or literary purposes, it presumes little or no prior knowledge of the history of English.
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Contents
Chapter 2 | 18 |
Old English | 45 |
Middle English | 89 |
Early Modern English | 123 |
Section A Old English Texts | 155 |
Section B Middle English Texts | 169 |
1 From The General Prologue to the Canterbury Tales | 170 |
2 From The Pardoners Tale | 172 |
1 From Loues Labours Lost | 195 |
2 From As You Like It | 197 |
3 From The Tragedie of King Lear | 198 |
4 From The Tragedie of Julius Cæsar | 200 |
5 From The Tragedie of Hamlet | 202 |
6 From The Tragedie of Richard the Third | 203 |
7 From The Tragedie of Macbeth | 205 |
8 From the Authorised Version of the Bible 1611 | 206 |
3 From The Parsons Tale | 176 |
4 From The Peterborough Chronicle | 178 |
5 From Sir Orfeo | 180 |
6 From Sir Gawain and the Green Knight | 182 |
7 From John Lydgate A Balade in Commendation of Our Lady | 184 |
8 From The Guildhall LetterBook 1418 | 185 |
9 From William Caxtons Preface to his edition of The Morte Darthure 1485 | 186 |
10 From William Caxtons Preface to the Eneydos 1490 | 187 |
11 From Sir Thomas Malory The Morte Darthur | 188 |
12 A letter from Margaret Paston | 189 |
Early Modern English Texts | 193 |
9 From John Miltons Areopagitica 1644 | 208 |
10 From John Dryden All for Love or the World Well Lost 16771678 | 209 |
11 From E K s Preface to Spensers Shepheardes Calender 1579 | 211 |
12 From A Letter of Syr J Cheke 1557 | 212 |
13 From Richard Mulcasters The First Parte of the Elementarie 1582 | 213 |
14 From George Puttenham Of Language in The Arte of English Poesie 1589 | 214 |
15 From The Letters of Lady Brilliana Harley 1642 | 215 |
16 From The Tryall of Ralph Hall and Mary his wife 1665 | 216 |
Annotated Bibliography | 221 |
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Common terms and phrases
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