The Oxford History of English

The Oxford History of English PDF Author: Lynda Mugglestone
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199660166
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 613

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Book Description
This text traces the language from its obscure Indo-European roots to its 21st-century position as the world's first language. It describes the history of English within the British Isles, its changing roles in different places, and its rise to global pre-eminence.

The Oxford History of English

The Oxford History of English PDF Author: Lynda Mugglestone
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199660166
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 613

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Book Description
This text traces the language from its obscure Indo-European roots to its 21st-century position as the world's first language. It describes the history of English within the British Isles, its changing roles in different places, and its rise to global pre-eminence.

The Oxford Illustrated History of English Literature

The Oxford Illustrated History of English Literature PDF Author: Pat Rogers
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 9780192854377
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 580

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Book Description
Traces the history of English literature from Anglo-Saxon poetry to the present day.

The Short Oxford History of English Literature

The Short Oxford History of English Literature PDF Author: Andrew Sanders
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780198186960
Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 732

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Book Description
A guide to the literature of the British Isles from the Anglo-Saxon period to the present day. The volume includes information on Old and Middle English, the Renaissance, Shakespeare, the 17th and 18th centuries, the Romantics, Victorian and Edwardian literature, Modernism, and post-war writing.

The Oxford Handbook of the History of English

The Oxford Handbook of the History of English PDF Author: Terttu Nevalainen (linguiste)
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0190627883
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 983

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Book Description
This ambitious Handbook takes advantage of recent advances in the study of the history of English to rethink the understanding of the field.

The Oxford History of Literary Translation in English:

The Oxford History of Literary Translation in English: PDF Author: Peter France
Publisher: OUP Oxford
ISBN: 0199246238
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 612

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Book Description
Translation has played a vital part in the history of literature throughout the English-speaking world. Offering for the first time a comprehensive view of this phenomenon, this pioneering five-volume work casts a vivid new light on the history of English literature. Incorporating critical discussion of translations, it explores the changing nature and function of translation and the social and intellectual milieu of the translators.

The English Settlements

The English Settlements PDF Author: John Nowell Linton Myres
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 9780192822352
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 292

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Book Description
The dark ages of English history between the collapse of Roman rule in the early fifth century and the emergence of the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms in the seventh century are examined in this study, which draws attention to political and social factors linking Roman Britain to Anglo-Saxon England.

The Oxford History of Classical Reception in English Literature: The Oxford History of Classical Reception in English Literature

The Oxford History of Classical Reception in English Literature: The Oxford History of Classical Reception in English Literature PDF Author: David Hopkins
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199219818
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 749

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Book Description
"The present volume [3] is the first to appear of the five that will comprise The Oxford History of Classical Reception in English Literature (henceforth OHCREL). Each volume of OHCREL will have its own editor or team of editors"--Preface.

Lost for Words

Lost for Words PDF Author: Lynda Mugglestone
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 9780300106992
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 310

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Book Description
Examines the hidden history through which the Oxford English Dictionary came into being in a study that traces the personal battles involved in chronicling an ever-changing language.

The Oxford Illustrated History of the Book

The Oxford Illustrated History of the Book PDF Author: James Raven
Publisher:
ISBN: 0198702981
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 468

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Book Description
In 14 original essays, this book reveals the history of books in all their various forms, from the ancient world to the digital present

The Modern Movement

The Modern Movement PDF Author: Chris Baldick
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0198183100
Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 496

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Book Description
A major new survey of literature in England during the first half of the twentieth century, Chris Baldick places modernist with non-modernist writings, high art with low entertainment. The Modern Movement ranges broadly covering psychological novels, war poems, detective stories, satires, children's books, and other literary forms evolving in response to the new anxieties and exhilarations of twentieth-century life.