A Book of Middle English. J. A. Burrow

      

      Table of Contents

      1  Cover

      2  Title Page

      3  Copyright Page

      4  List of Illustrations

      5  Dedication Page

      6  Preface to the Fourth Edition

      7  Abbreviations

      8  Part One 1 Introducing Middle English 1.1 The Period 1.2 Varieties of Middle English 2 Pronouncing Middle English 2.1 Introduction 2.2 Vowels 2.3 Consonants 2.4 Stress 3 Vocabulary 3.1 Introduction 3.2 Scandinavian 3.3 English, French and Latin 3.4 Latin Loan‐Words 3.5 French Loan‐Words 4 Inflexions 4.1 Introduction 4.2 Nouns 4.3 Pronouns and Articles 4.4 Adjectives and Adverbs 4.5 Verbs 5 Syntax 5.1 Gender 5.2 Number 5.3 Use of Cases 5.4 Pronouns and Articles 5.5 Adjectives and Adverbs 5.6 Verbs 5.7 Negation 5.8 Questions 5.9 Word‐Order 5.10 Recapitulation and Anticipation 6 Metre 6.1 Introduction 6.2 Rhymed Verse 6.3 Alliterative Verse 6.4 Laʒamon’s Brut 7 From Manuscript to Printed Text 8 Translating Middle English 8.1 Trevisa’s Dialogue 8.2 Words and Their Meanings 8.3 Dictionaries 8.4 False Friends 8.5 Idioms 8.6 Translating Prose 8.7 Translating Verse 8.8 Translating Pearl 9 Select Bibliography 9.1 Bibliographies, Indexes, and Internet Resources 9.2 Language Studies 9.3 General Studies of the Literature 9.4 Studies of Particular Genres 9.5 Historical and Social Studies

      9  Part Two: Prose and Verse Texts 1 The Peterborough Chronicle 1137 Editions Facsimile Study 2 The Owl and the Nightingale Editions and Facsimile Studies 3 Laʒamon: Brut Editions Studies 4 Ancrene Wisse Editions Facsimile Translations Studies 5 Sir Orfeo Editions Facsimile Other Texts Studies 6 The Cloud of Unknowing Editions Studies 7 William Langland: Piers