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From philology to English studies : language and culture in the nineteenth century /
"The study of English language and literature in Britain changed dramatically between the end of the eighteenth century and the beginning of the twentieth. From Philology to English Studies explores the contribution of philology to this evolution. Haruko Momma charts both the rise and fall of p...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge :
Cambridge University Press,
2013.
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| Colección: | Studies in English language.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "The study of English language and literature in Britain changed dramatically between the end of the eighteenth century and the beginning of the twentieth. From Philology to English Studies explores the contribution of philology to this evolution. Haruko Momma charts both the rise and fall of philology from antiquity to the late eighteenth century, and the impact of modern philology on the study of modern languages and literatures. Focusing in detail on the work of key philologists in the nineteenth century, Momma considers how they shaped European discourse and especially vernacular studies in Britain: William Jones' discovery of Sanskrit in British India gave rise to Indo-European studies; Max Müller's study of this same language helped spread the Aryan myth to the English-speaking world; the OED achieved its greatness as a post-national lexicon through the editorship of the Scottish dialectologist"-- |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xv, 224 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781139775793 1139775790 9781139023412 1139023411 1139887866 9781139887861 1139793217 9781139793216 1139783181 9781139783187 1139781820 9781139781824 1139778838 9781139778831 1283714507 9781283714501 1139777319 9781139777315 |