Recovering Old English
Recovering Old English
Looking for an examination copy?
If you are interested in the title for your course we can consider offering an examination copy. To register your interest please contact collegesales@cambridge.org providing details of the course you are teaching.
This Element Recovering Old English examines the philological activities of scholars involved in the recovery of Old English in the period between c. 1550 and 1830. This Element focuses on four philological pursuits that dominated this recovery: collecting documents, recording the lexicon editing texts and studying the grammar. This Element demonstrates that throughout the vicissitudes of history these four components of humanist philology have formed the backbone of Old English studies and constitute a thread that connects the efforts of early modern philologists with the global interest in Old English that we see today.
Product details
February 2024Paperback
9781009371698
90 pages
229 × 152 × 5 mm
0.144kg
Available
Table of Contents
- 1. Preamble
- 2. Collecting old English
- 3. Recording old English
- 4. Editing old English
- 5. Studying old English
- 6. Transitions and turning points
- Bibliographies.
