A Book of Middle English

4. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-1-119-61927-7
Verlag: John Wiley and Sons Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 464 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 661 g

The fourth edition of this essential Middle English textbook introduces students to the wide range of literature written in England between 1150 and 1400. Beginning with an extensive overview of middle English history, grammar, syntax, and pronunciation, the book goes on to examine key middle English texts — including a new extract from Julian of Norwich's Revelation of Divine Love — with helpful notes to direct students to key points within the text. Keeping in mind adopter feedback, this new edition includes a new model translation section with a student workbook and model exercise for classroom use. This new chapter will include sections on 'false friend' words, untranslatable idioms and notes on translating both poetry and prose. The text and references will be fully updated throughout and a foreword dedicated to the late J. A. Burrow will be included.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Burrow, J. A.

Turville-Petre, Thorlac

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Englische Literatur
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Sprachwissenschaften

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Illustrations ix

Preface to the Fourth Edition xi

Abbreviations xiii

Part One

1 Introducing Middle English 3

1.1 The Period 3

1.1.1 From Old to Middle English 3

1.1.2 From Middle to Modern English 4

1.2 Varieties of Middle English 5

1.2.1 Regional Dialects 5

1.2.2 Early and Late Middle English 8

1.2.3 Spelling 8

2 Pronouncing Middle English 9

2.1 Introduction 9

2.2 Vowels 10

2.2.1 The Long Vowels 10

2.2.2 The Short Vowels 11

2.2.3 Unstressed Final -e 11

2.2.4 The Diphthongs 12

2.3 Consonants 12

2.4 Stress 13

3 Vocabulary 14

3.1 Introduction 14

3.2 Scandinavian 14

3.3 English, French and Latin 15

3.4 Latin Loan-Words 17

3.5 French Loan-Words 18

4 Inflexions 19

4.1 Introduction 19

4.1.1 The Inflexional System 19

4.1.2 Loss of Inflexional Endings 19

4.2 Nouns 20

4.2.1 Introduction 20

4.2.2 Noun Inflexions: Early Southern Texts 21

4.2.3 Developments in Noun Inflexions 22

4.2.4 Genitive Singular Without Ending 23

4.2.5 Unchanged Plurals 23

4.2.6 Mutated Plurals 23

4.3 Pronouns and Articles 24

4.3.1 Forms of the Personal Pronouns 24

4.3.2 First and Second Person Pronouns 25

4.3.3 Third Person Pronouns: Masculine and Neuter Singular 25

4.3.4 Third Person Pronouns: Feminine Singular 25

4.3.5 Third Person Pronouns: Plural 26

4.3.6 The Definite Article 26

4.3.7 Demonstratives 27

4.3.8 The Indefinite Article 27

4.4 Adjectives and Adverbs 27

4.4.1 Definite and Indefinite Inflexions 27

4.4.2 Inflexions for Case 28 4.4.3 Comparison of Adjectives 29

4.4.4 Comparison of Adverbs 29

4.5 Verbs 30

4.5.1 Introduction 30

4.5.2 Present Tense 30

4.5.3 Past Tense and Past Participle 32

4.5.4 Past of Weak Verbs 32<

Über Autor(innen)

THORLAC TURVILLE-PETRE is Emeritus Professor of Medieval English at the University of Nottingham, UK. He is the author of numerous books including The Alliterative Revival, England the Nation, and Description and Narrative in Middle English Alliterative Poetry. His Reading Middle English Literature is designed as a companion to this book.

J. A. BURROW† was Emeritus Professor at Bristol University, UK, a Fellow of the British Academy and Honorary Director of the Early English Text Society. He was the author of many classic studies, including A Reading of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Medieval Writers and their Work, and The Ages of Man.