Der Indefinite Agens von Chaucer bis Shakespeare: Die Wörter und Wendungen für "Man."

Author / Editor
Jud-Schmid, Elisabeth.

Title
Der Indefinite Agens von Chaucer bis Shakespeare: Die Wörter und Wendungen für "Man."

Published
Bern: A. Francke, 1956.

Physical Description
126 pp.

Series
Schweizer Anglistische Arbeiten / Swiss Studies in English, no. 39.

Description
Analyzes the grammar and usage of the “man” and related locutions that convey independent agency in late Middle English and Early Modern English, considering pronouns, modals, and passive verbal forms as well as “man” and other generalized nouns. Uses examples from Bo, Rom, GP, KnT, and MilT, as well as works by writers other than Chaucer.

Chaucer Subjects
Language and Word Studies