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This revised edition takes account of suggestions and comments from reviewers and from those who have used the first edition all over the world. The main features of the second edition are the inclusion of etymologies in the glossary and the edition of three complete texts by Chaucer: The Parliament of Fowls, The Reeve's Tale and The Prioress's Tale. Part One has been revised to cover English at the time of Chaucer, and suggestions for further reading have been updated throughout the book.

Product Identifiers

PublisherWiley & Sons, Incorporated, John

ISBN-100631193537

ISBN-139780631193531

eBay Product ID (ePID)256389

Product Key Features

Number of Pages373 Pages

LanguageEnm,Eng

Publication NameBook of Middle English

Publication Year1996

SubjectOld & Middle English, European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh

FeaturesRevised Edition, Revised

TypeLanguage Course

Subject AreaForeign Language Study, Literary Criticism

AuthorJ. A. Burrow, Thorlac Turville-Petre

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height1.1 in

Item Weight19.6 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width6.2 in

Additional Product Features

Edition Number2

Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN95-022664

Dewey Edition22

ReviewsFrom reviews of the first edition 'This impressive new textbook is in every respect a model of careful planning and thoughtful execution. It offers the student both introduction to the study of Middle English language (presuming no background in Old English) and a well-chosen selection of texts that provides and excellent cross-section of the wide variety of literary types produced during the Middle English period.' - Speculum 'Readable and sympathetic to students (it never loses sight of Modern English) it will be appreciated by teachers as a precious tool for seminar work.' - Medium Ævum 'The evidence of careful thought is everywhere.... So well-composed a book of Middle English deserves to succeed.' - YES, From reviews of the first edition'This impressive new textbook is in every respect a model of careful planning and thoughtful execution. It offers the student both introduction to the study of Middle English language (presuming no background in Old English) and a well-chosen selection of texts that provides and excellent cross-section of the wide variety of literary types produced during the Middle English period.' - Speculum'Readable and sympathetic to students (it never loses sight of Modern English) it will be appreciated by teachers as a precious tool for seminar work.' - Medium Ævum'The evidence of careful thought is everywhere.... So well-composed a book of Middle English deserves to succeed.' -YES

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal427/.02

Lc Classification NumberPe535.B87 1996

Table of ContentList of Illustrations.Preface to the Second Edition.Abbreviations.Part I:1. Introducing Middle English.2. Pronouncing Middle English.3. Vocabulary.4. Inflexions.5. Syntax.6. Metre.7. From Manuscript to Printed Text.8. Select Bibliography.Part II: Note on Treatment of Texts:1.The Peterborough Chronicle.2. The Owl and the Nightingale.3. Layamon's Brut.4. Ancrene Wisse.5. Sir Orfeo.6. The Cloud of Unknowing.7. William Langland: Piers Plowman.8. Patience.9. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.10. St Erkenwald.11. John Trevisa: Dialogue between a Lord and a Clerk.12. John Gower: Confession Amantis.13. Lyrics.14. The York Play of the Crucifixion.15. Geoffrey Chaucer: The Parliament of Fowls.16. Geoffrey Chaucer: The Canterbury Tales.17. Textual Notes.18. Glossary.19. Index.