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
Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back
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. <
"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