1st Edition
Broken English Dialects and the Politics of Language in Renaissance Writings
By Paula Blank
Copyright 1996
224 Pages
by
Routledge
220 Pages
by
Routledge
220 Pages
by
Routledge
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The English language in the Renaissance was in many ways a collection of competing Englishes. Paula Blank investigates the representation of alternative vernaculars - the dialects of early modern English - in both linguistic and literary works of the period. Blank argues that Renaissance authors such as Spenser, Shakespeare and Jonson helped to construct the idea of a national language, variously... Read more
List of figures, Acknowledgments, A note on the texts, INTRODUCTION, 1 THE RENAISSANCE DISCOVERY OF DIALECT, 2 THE THIEVES OF LANGUAGE, 3 REGIONS OF RENAISSANCE ENGLISH I: SOUTH OF THE BORDER, 4 REGIONS OF RENAISSANCE ENGLISH II: THE NORTH COUNTRY, 5 LANGUAGE, LAWS, AND BLOOD: THE KING’S ENGLISH AND HIS EMPIRE, Notes, Bibliography, Index
Biography
Paula Blank
