Englisches Seminar
Universität Münster

SPRACHWISSENSCHAFTLICHES PROSEMINAR:

MIDDLE ENGLISH ARTHURIAN TEXTS:
A LINGUISTIC ANALYSIS

WS 02/03

Mo 11-13 (Group 1)
Tu 11-13 (Group 2)
Room 031

Oliver M. Traxel


BIBLIOGRAPHY

Here is a selective bibliography containing several publications important for a linguistic study of Middle English Arthurian texts. The code in square brackets denotes the respective signature in the departmental library.

Contents:

1. SURVEYS

Barber, C., The English Language: a Historical Introduction (Cambridge, 1993) [S FA 1993:3]

Baugh, A. C., and T. Cable, A History of the English Language, 4th ed. (London and New York, 1993) [S FA 1951]

Burnley, D., The History of the English Language: a Source Book, 2nd ed. (Harlow, 2000) [S FA 1992:3]

Crystal, D., The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the English Language (Cambridge, 1995) [0.1 CRYS 95]

Fennell, B., A History of English: a Sociolinguistic Approach (Oxford, 2001) [S FA 2001:1]

Hogg, R., ed., The Cambridge History of the English Language, 6 vols. (Cambridge, 1992-) [S FA 1992:1]

Millward, C. M., A Biography of the English Language, 2nd ed. (Fort Worth, 1996) [S FA 1996:3]

Pyles, T., The Origins and Development of the English Language, 4th ed. (Fort Worth, 1993) [S FA 1964]


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2. INTRODUCTIONS

Burrow, J. A., and T. Turville-Petre, A Book of Middle English, 2nd ed. (Oxford, 1996) [S HA 1992:1]

Mossé, F., A Handbook of Middle English , trans. J. A. Walker (Baltimore, MD, 1952) [S HA 1952] = Handbuch des Mittelenglischen, trans. H. Pilch and U. Siewert (Ismaning, 1969) [S HA 1969:1]


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3. GRAMMARS

Brunner, K., Abriß der mittelenglischen Grammatik, 6th ed. (Tübingen, 1967) [S HG 1938]

Jordan, R., Handbuch der mittelenglischen Grammatik: Lautlehre, 3rd ed. (Heidelberg, 1968) [S HJ 1925:3]


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4. DICTIONARIES

4a. Old English

Bosworth, J., and T. N. Toller, ed., An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Based on the Manuscript Collections of the Late Joseph Bosworth (Oxford, 1898); supplement ed. T. N. Toller (Oxford, 1921); second supplement ed. A. Campbell (Oxford, 1972) [W 601]

Hall, J. R. C., ed., A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 4th ed., supplement ed. H. D. Meritt (Cambridge, 1960) [W 603]


4b. Middle English

Kurath, H., S. M. Kuhn, J. Reidy and R. E. Lewis, ed., Middle English Dictionary, 13 vols. (Ann Arbor, MI, 1954-99) [W 633]

Stratmann, F. H., and H. Bradley, ed., A Middle English Dictionary Containing Words Used by English Writers from the Twelfth to the Fifteenth Century (Oxford, 1891) [W 632]


4c. History of the English Language

Murray, J. A. H., H. Bradley, W. A. Craigie, C. T. Onions, R. W. Burchfield, J. A. Simpson and E. S. C. Weiner, ed., The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 20 vols. (Oxford, 1989) [W 2/6]


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5. ARTHURIAN STUDIES

Barron, W. R. J., ed., The Arthur of the English: the Arthurian Legend in Medieval English Life and Literature (Cardiff, 1999) [ME ART 3-7 1999:1]

Lacy, N. J., ed., The New Arthurian Encyclopedia (New York and London, 1991) [ME ART 3-7 1986²]

Lacy, N. J., G. Ashe, and D. N. Mancoff, ed., The Arthurian Handbook, 2nd ed. (New York and London, 1997) [ME ART 3-7 1997:1]


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6. LAYAMON

Baron, W. R. J., and S. C. Weinberg, ed. and trans., Layamon's Brut (Harlow, 1995) [ME LAG 1-2 1995:1]

Brook, G. L., and R. F. Leslie, ed., Layamon's Brut, 2 vols., EETS os 250 and 277 (Oxford, 1963-78) [ME 1 [250 and 277]]

Le Saux, F., ed., The Text and Tradition of Layamon's Brut, Arthurian Studies 33 (Cambridge, 1994) [ME ART 3-7 1984:2 [33]]

Madden, Sir F., ed., Layamon's Brut, 3 vols. (London, 1847) [ME LAG 1-2 1847]


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7. SIR GAWAIN AND THE GREEN KNIGHT

Brewer, D., and J. Gibson, ed., A Companion to the Gawain Poet, Arthurian Studies 38 (Cambridge, 1997) [ME ART 3-7 1984:2 [38]]

Early English Text Society, ed., Pearl, Cleanness, Patience and Sir Gawain Reproduced in Facsimile, EETS os 162 (London, 1923) [ME 1 [162]]

Silverstein, T., ed., Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: a New Critical Edition (Chicago and London, 1984) [ME GAW 2-2 1974:3]

Tolkien, J. R. R., and E. V. Gordon, ed., Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, 2nd ed., rev. N. Davis (Oxford, 1967) [ME GAW 2-2 1925:3]


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8. ALLITERATIVE MORTE ARTHURE

Benson, L. D., ed., King Arthur's Death: the Middle English Stanzaic Morte Arthur and Alliterative Morte Arthure, rev. ed. (Exeter, 1986) [ME MOR 7-2 1986:1]

Brewer, D. S., and A. E. B. Owen, ed., The Thornton Manuscript (Lincoln Cathedral MS. 91) (London, 1975) [FAC THO 8 1975]

Hamel, M., ed., Morte Arthure: a Critical Edition (New York and London, 1984) [ME MOR 7-2 1984:1]


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9. MALORY

9a. Winchester Malory

Archibald, E., and A. S. G. Edwards, ed., A Companion to Malory, Arthurian Studies 37 (Cambridge, 1996) [ME ART 3-7 1984:2 [37]]

Early English Text Society, ed., The Winchester Malory: a Facsimile, EETS ss 4 (London, New York and Toronto, 1976) [ME 1/2 [4]]

Vinaver, E., ed., The Works of Sir Thomas Malory, 3rd ed., rev. P. J. C. Field, 3 vols. (Oxford, 1990) [ME MAL 6-2 1947:3]


9b. Caxton's Malory

Sommer, H. O., ed., Le Morte Darthur, 2 vols. (London, 1889-90) [ME MAL 6-2 1889]

Spisak, J. W., W. Matthews, and B. Dillon, ed., Caxton's Malory: a New Edition of Sir Thomas Malory's Le Morte Darthur, 2 vols. (Berkeley and Los Angeles, 1983) [ME MAL 6-2 1983]


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