The History of the English Language. 3 Parts
- Author / Editor
- Lerer, Seth.
The History of the English Language. 3 Parts
- Published
- Chantilly, Va.: The Teaching Company, 1998.
- Physical Description
- 6 DVDs or 18 audio CDs. Part 1. Lecture 10.
- Series
- The Great Courses, no. 800.
- Description
- Lerer's lecture, "Chaucer's English" (Part 1, Lecture 10; 17 minutes) comments on the opening eighteen lines of GP, on diction and etymology, verse form, and linguistic conditions at the time. "Dialect Jokes and Literary Representation" (Part 1, Lecture 11; 29 minutes) is about dialect diversity in Middle English, identifying distinguishing features and examining RvT and the Second Shepherd's Play for their representations of dialect.The Teaching Company released a second, revised version of this work with the same title in 2008 (The Great Courses, no. 2250).
- Alternative Title
- "Chaucer's English."
- "Dialect Jokes and Literary Representation in Middle English."
- Chaucer Subjects
- Recordings and Films
- Language and Word Studies.
- General Prologue to the Canterbury Tales.
- Style and Versification.
- Reeve and His Tale.