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A Book of Middle English

J A Burrow author Thorlac Turville-Petre author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:John Wiley and Sons Ltd

Published:16th Sep '04

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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.
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"Classroom experience with this authoritative and accessible introduction to Middle English confirms that this is now our best available vademecum to the subject. The appearance of a third edition of Burrow and Turville-Petre's Book of Middle English is good news to teachers and students of Middle English." Fred Robinson, Yale University

"Currently the most lucid and illuminating introduction to the language of Middle English, with an excellent selection of literary texts chosen and annotated to suggest the interest, sophistication, and variety of Middle English writing from the Peterborough Chronicle through the works of Chaucer and his contemporaries." Andrew Galloway, Cornell University

ISBN: 9781405117081

Dimensions: 236mm x 154mm x 36mm

Weight: 748g

436 pages

3rd edition