Brackmann The Elizabethan Invention of Anglo-Saxon England

Laurence Nowell, William Lambarde, and the Study of Old English
1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-1-84615-958-9
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, Band 30, 256 Seiten

Reihe: Studies in Renaissance Literature

The writings of two influential Elizabethan thinkers testify to the influence of Old English law and literature on Tudor society and self-image.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Brackmann, Rebecca

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literarische Strömungen & Epochen
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Englische Literatur

Inhaltsverzeichnis

The Anglo-Saxonists and Their Books: Print, Manuscript, and the Circulation of Scholarship
The AbcedariumGlossary: Sources and Methods of Nowell's Old English Lexicography
Inkhorns, Orthographers, and Antiquaries: Standardized English and the Dawn of Anglo-Saxon Studies
Somewhere in Time: The Abcedarium Place-Name Index
Putting the Past in Place: Lambarde's Alphabetical Description and Perambulation of Kent
Images and Imaginings of England
"The Saxons, our Ancestors": Ancient Law and Old English Laws
Conclusion: The Invention of Anglo-Saxon English
Bibliography

Über Autor(innen)

Brackmann Rebecca:
Rebecca Brackmann is Associate Professor of English at Lincoln Memorial University in Harrogate, Tennessee.