Etymology and the invention of English in early modern literature /

Crawforth, Hannah Jane, 1980-

Etymology and the invention of English in early modern literature / Hannah Crawforth, Lecturer in Early Modern English, King's College, London. - 1 online resource (232 pages)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: Etymology in early modern literature -- Etymology and estrangement in the poems of Edmund Spenser -- Etymology and textual time in the masques of Ben Jonson -- Etymology and place in Donne's sermons -- Etymology and the ends of idealism in Milton's prose -- Conclusion: A world in a word.

9781107468870


English literature--History and criticism.--Early modern, 1500-1700
English language--Etymology.--Early modern, 1500-1700
Poetics.


Electronic books.

PR428.L35 / C73 2013

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