Medieval English: Literature and Language: An Introduction

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Preface Contents Abbreviations Introduction 1. The Origins of English Old and Middle English Dialects Writing Systems Pronunciation 2. Phonology Vowel Change: Post-vocalic Consonants and Consonant Groups Old English Vowels: Further Changes Old English Vowels and their Continuation in Middle English English Vowels: Quantitative Changes Late Middle and Early Modern English Developments Vowels in Unstressed Syllables Consonants Loanwords 3. Morphology Introduction Nouns Adjectives Adverbs Pronouns Numerals Verbs Strong Verbs Weak Verbs Preterite-Present Verbs Irregular Verbs 4. Syntax Introduction Nominal Forms: Function and Use Verbal Forms: Function and Use Negation Main Clauses Dependent Clauses Medieval English Verse 5. Old English Texts Introduction Text 1: The Old English Heptateuch: Genesis 22:1–19 Text 2: Selections from the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle Text 3: The Old English Bede Text 4: The Old English Orosius Text 5: King Alfred Text 6: Ælfric’s Life of King Oswold Text 7: Wulfstan’s Sermon to the English Text 8: The Old English Apollonius Text 9: The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle – Brunanburh Text 10: The Battle of Maldon Text 11: The Dream of the Rood 6. Middle English Texts Introduction Text 1: The Peterborough Chronicle Text 2: The Middle English Physiologus Text 3: Kentish Sermons Text 4: Ayenbite of Inwit Text 5: The South English Legendary Text 6: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight Text 7: Piers Plowman Text 8: The Fox and the Wolf Text 9: King Horn Text 10: Middle English Lyric Poetry Text 11: The Northern Homily Cycle Text 12: York Plays Text 13: Geoffrey Chaucer Text 14: Robert Henryson 7. Glossaries Old English Glossary Middle English Glossary 8. Bibliography