Etymology and the Invention of English in Early Modern Literature by Hannah Crawforth

Etymology and the Invention of English in Early Modern Literature

Hannah Crawforth

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How did authors such as Jonson, Spenser, Donne and Milton think about the past lives of the words they used? Hannah Crawforth shows how early modern writers were acutely attuned to the religious and political implications of the etymology of Engli...

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