Etymology and the invention of English in early modern literature /Dr Hannah Crawforth, Lecturer in Early Modern English, King's College, London.

Crawforth, Hannah Jane, 1980-

Etymology and the invention of English in early modern literature /Dr Hannah Crawforth, Lecturer in Early Modern English, King's College, London. - Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, (c)2013. - 1 online resource.

Includes bibliographies 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.



9781461950707


Poetics.


Electronic Books.

PR428 / .E896 2013