Englisches Seminar
Universität Münster

SPRACHWISSENSCHAFTLICHES PROSEMINAR:
FROM OLD ENGLISH TO MIDDLE ENGLISH

SS 02
Mo 11-13, Room H19
Oliver Traxel


BIBLIOGRAPHY

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

Contents:

1. SURVEYS

Algeo, J., Problems in the Origins and Development of the English Language, 3rd ed. (New York, 1982) [S FA 1966]

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]

Blake, N., A History of the English Language (London, 1996) [S FA 1996:2]

Bourcier, G., An Introduction to the History of the English Language, trans. C. Clark (Cheltenham, 1981) [S FA 1978]

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]

Freeborn, D., From Old English to Standard English: a Course Book in Language Variation across Time, 2nd ed. (London, 1998) [S FE 1992:1]

Görlach, M., Einführung in die englische Sprachgeschichte, 3rd ed., Uni-Taschenbücher 383 (Heidelberg, 1994) = The Linguistic History of English: an Introduction (London, 1997) [S FA 1982:3]

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]

Millward, C. M., Workbook to Accompany a Biography of the English Language (London, 1999)

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

Smith, J. J., Essentials of Early English (London, 1999) [S FA 1999:3]

Strang, B. M. H., A History of English (London, 1970) [S FA 1970:2]


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2. INTRODUCTIONS

2a. Old English

Mitchell, B., and F. C. Robinson, A Guide to Old English, 6th ed. (Oxford, 2001) [S GA 1965]


2b. Middle English

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


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3. GRAMMARS

3a. Old English

Brunner, K., Altenglische Grammatik, 3rd ed. (Tübingen, 1965) [S GG 1942]

Campbell, A., Old English Grammar (Oxford, 1959) [S GG 1959]


3b. Middle English

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]

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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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]

Pollington, S., Wordcraft: Wordhoard and Wordlists (Hockwold-cum-Wilton, 1993) [W 602]


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]


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. READERS

Bennett, J. A. W., and G. V. Smithers, Early Middle English Verse and Prose, gloss. N. Davis, 2nd ed. (Oxford, 1968) [ME AAB 1966:2]

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

Dickins, B., and R. M. Wilson, Early Middle English Texts (London, 1951) [ME AAB 1951]

Treharne, E. M., Old and Middle English: an Anthology (Oxford, 2000) [AE AAB 2000:1]


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6. ANGLO-SAXON CHRONICLE

6a. General

Dumville, D., and S. Keynes, ed., The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle: a Collaborative Edition, vols. 1- (Cambridge, 1983-) [AE CHR 6-2 1983]

Swanton, M. J., trans. and ed., The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle (London, 1996) [AE CHR 6-5 1996:1]

Whitelock, D., D. C. Douglas and S. I. Tucker, ed. and trans., The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle: a Revised Translation (New Brunswick, 1961) [AE CHR 6-5 1961]


6b. Peterborough Version

Clark, C., ed., The Peterborough Chronicle 1070-1154 (Oxford, 1958) [AE CHR 6-2 1958]


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7. ORMULUM

White, R. M., ed., The Ormulum, 2 vols. (Oxford, 1852) [ME ORM 8-2: 1878]


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8. ANCRENE WISSE

Millett, B., and J. Wogan-Browne, ed., Medieval English Prose for Women: Selections from the Katherine Group and Ancrene Wisse (Oxford, 1990) [ME KAT 3-3 1990:1]

Millett, B., Ancrene Wisse, the Katherine Group, and the Wooing Group, Annotated Bibliographies of Old and Middle English Literature 2 (Cambridge, 1996) [Bi 220/3 [2]]

Salu, M. B., trans., The Ancrene Riwle (London, 1955) [ME ANC 7-5 1955]

Tolkien, J. R. R., ed., Ancrene Wisse Edited from MS. Corpus Christi College Cambridge 402, EETS os 249 (Oxford, 1962) [ME 1 (249)]


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9. 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)]


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