˜Theœ French of Medieval England : essays in honour of Jocelyn Wogan-Browne

˜Theœ French of Medieval England essays in honour of Jocelyn Wogan-Browne

Recent research has emphasised the importance of insular French in medieval English culture alongside English and Latin; for a period of some four hundred years, French (variously labelled the French of England, Anglo-Norman, Anglo-French, and Insular French) rivalled these two languages. The essays...

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Weitere Verfasser: Fenster, Thelma S. (HerausgeberIn), Collette, Carolyn P. (HerausgeberIn), Wogan-Browne, Jocelyn (GefeierteR)
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Sprache:eng
Veröffentlicht: Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK ; Rochester, NY D.S. Brewer 2017
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Englisch > Französisch > Geschichte > Gesellschaft > Anglonormannisch > Aufsatzsammlung > Festschrift
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Zusammenfassung:Recent research has emphasised the importance of insular French in medieval English culture alongside English and Latin; for a period of some four hundred years, French (variously labelled the French of England, Anglo-Norman, Anglo-French, and Insular French) rivalled these two languages. The essays here focus on linguistic adaptation and translation in this new multilingual England, where John Gower wrote in Latin while his contemporary Chaucer could break new ground in English
Beschreibung:xvii, 340 Seiten
Illustrationen, 1 Portrait [Jocelyn Wogan-Browne]
24 cm
ISBN:9781843844594
978-1-84384-459-4