| The Ancrene Wisse- A Four-Manuscript Parallel Text: Parts 5-8 with Wordlists Contributor(s): Fisiak, Jacek (Other), Kubouchi, Tadao (Editor), Keiko Ikegami (Editor) |
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ISBN: 3631535759 ISBN-13: 9783631535752 Publisher: Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der W OUR PRICE: $111.72 Product Type: Paperback Published: April 2005 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Institutions & Organizations - Literary Criticism | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh - Foreign Language Study | English As A Second Language |
| Dewey: 255.901 |
| LCCN: 2003065822 |
| Series: Studies in English Medieval Language and Literature |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.83" W x 8.27" (1.01 lbs) 364 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The Ancrene Wisse is perhaps the most notable monument of Middle English prose, its influence evident from the time of its composition in the early thirteenth century until at least the Reformation. As the only Early Middle English work of considerable length to survive in more than two copies, it is a unique resource for the study of textual variation according to dialect, date, milieu and stylistic preferences. This edition presents four versions - those of the early Corpus, Cleopatra and Nero manuscripts, and the late and substantially modernised version of the Vernon manuscript. To facilitate comparison, they are printed in parallel form, line by line, and supplied with extensive notes. This volume, containing the latter portion of the text and wordlists, complements Vol. 7 in this series. |
