An exploration of how philology contributed to the study of English language and literature in the nineteenth century.

An exploration of how philology contributed to the study of English language and literature in the nineteenth century.

This book retraces the formation of modern English Studies by departing from philological scholarship along two lines: in terms of institutional histories and in terms of the separation of literary criticism and linguistics.

This book retraces the formation of modern English Studies by departing from philological scholarship along two lines: in terms of institutional histories and in terms of the separation of literary criticism and linguistics.

This book retraces the formation of modern English Studies by departing from philological scholarship along two lines: in terms of institutional histories and in terms of the separation of literary criticism and linguistics.

Essays bringing out the crucial importance of philology for understanding Old English texts.