The Invention of Middle English : An Anthology of Primary Sources
- Author / Editor
- Matthews, David, [ed.]
The Invention of Middle English : An Anthology of Primary Sources
- Published
- University Park :
- Turnhout, [Belgium] : Pennsylvania State University Press ;
- Brepols, 2000.
- Physical Description
- xii, 244 pp.
- Description
- Collects excerpts documenting how "the modern study of Middle English became the way it is." Thirteen excerpts discuss language, from George Hickes (1642-1715) to James A. H. Murray (1837-1915), and nineteen consider literary criticism and commentary, from Thomas Hearne (1678-1735) to Walter Willam Skeat (1835-1911). The excerpts are preceded by brief descriptions of their authors' careers and impact; the excerpts include modern notes.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Background and General Criticism.