Transforming Early English

Transforming Early English
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 313
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ISBN-10 : 9781108356008
ISBN-13 : 1108356001
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Download or read book Transforming Early English written by Jeremy J. Smith and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2020-04-30 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Transforming Early English shows how historical pragmatics can offer a powerful explanatory framework for the changes medieval English and Older Scots texts undergo, as they are transmitted over time and space. The book argues that formal features such as spelling, script and font, and punctuation - often neglected in critical engagement with past texts - relate closely to dynamic, shifting socio-cultural processes, imperatives and functions. This theme is illustrated through numerous case-studies in textual recuperation, ranging from the reinvention of Old English poetry and prose in the later medieval and early modern periods, to the eighteenth-century 'vernacular revival' of literature in Older Scots.


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