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Making of Middle English, 1765-1910: Volume 18 Hardcover - 1999
by David Matthews
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- Title Making of Middle English, 1765-1910: Volume 18
- Author David Matthews
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First Edition
- Pages 272
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher University of Minnesota Press, Minneapolis
- Date 1999-05
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Dust Cover, Illustrated
- ISBN 9780816631858 / 0816631859
- Weight 1.18 lbs (0.54 kg)
- Dimensions 9.31 x 6.25 x 0.85 in (23.65 x 15.88 x 2.16 cm)
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- Chronological Period: Medieval (500-1453) Studies
- Library of Congress subjects Great Britain - History - Medieval period,, English literature - Middle English,
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 98-53478
- Dewey Decimal Code 427.020
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Hardback. New. Before the 1760s -- with the major exception of Chaucer -- nearly all of Middle English literature lay undiscovered and ignored. Because established scholars regarded later medieval literature as primitive and barbaric, the study of this rich literary heritage was relegated to antiquarians and dilettantes. In The Making of Middle English, 1765-1910, David Matthews chronicles the gradual rediscovery of this literature and the formation of Middle English as a scholarly pursuit.Matthews details how the careers, class positions, and ambitions of only a few men gave shape and direction to the discipline. Mostly from the lower middle class, they worked in the church or in law and hoped to exploit medieval literature for financial success and social advancement. Where Middle English was concerned, Matthews notes, these scholars were self-taught, and their amateurism came at the price of inaccurately edited and often deliberately "improved" texts intended for a general public…
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