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.