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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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Momma, Haruko (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2013.
Colección:Studies in English language.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Introduction: where is philology?
  • 2. Philological awakening: William Jones and the architecture of learning
  • 3. The Anglo-Saxon revolution: John Mitchell Kemble and the paradigm
  • 4. The Philological Society of London: lexicography as national philology
  • 5. The professor and the reader: vernaculars in the academy
  • Epilogue.