Broken English: Dialects and the Politics of Language in Renaissance Writings

by Paula Blank

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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 known as 'true' English or 'pure' English or the 'King's...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0415756847

ISBN13:9780415756846

Release Date:April 2014

Publisher:Routledge

Length:224 Pages

Weight:0.69 lbs.

Dimensions:0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"

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