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100 1 _aHall, Joseph,
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245 1 0 _aSelections from Early Middle English, 1130-1250. Part 2: Notes
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2013
300 _a1 online resource :
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336 _atext
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337 _acomputer
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338 _aonline resource
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500 _aRelease date is 2013-08-25
508 _aProduced by Louise Hope, David Starner, Stephen Rowland and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net
520 _a"Selections from Early Middle English, 1130-1250. Part 2: Notes" by Joseph Hall is a scholarly publication aimed at students and researchers of early medieval English literature, written in the early 20th century. This volume serves as a companion to the main text, providing detailed notes, phonological and grammatical analyses, and references, all essential for understanding the intricacies of Early Middle English writings. The work encompasses various fragments and selections from the era, enriching the reader's insight into the developments of the English language and literature during this pivotal period. The opening of this notes volume outlines its purpose and structure, emphasizing the need for Unicode support to display some characters properly, as well as detailing the manuscript and editorial history of the included texts. Additionally, it describes a collection of Worcester fragments, highlighting their post-Conquest context, the influence of Latin texts on English literature, and the distinct dialect associated with the works. Hall also introduces the phonological and grammatical characteristics of these texts, suggesting that they reflect the linguistic shifts occurring in English as it transitioned from Old English to Middle English. This thorough introduction sets the stage for a deeper exploration of the early Middle English selections that follow in the main text. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aEnglish literature -- Middle English, 1100-1500
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/43555
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