In Forme of Speche Is Chaunge

by Diane Bornstein and John H. Fisher

Book Overview

This collection of readings, originally published by Prentice Hall in 1974, illustrates the development of the language by as many styles and levels of discourse as possible. Among the sample selections: King Alfred's Preface to Pope Gregory's Pastoral Care; The Lord's Prayer, Old English to Modern English; Chaucer's General Prologue to the Canterbury Tales; The Ancrene Riwle English and Anglo-Norman Texts; Piers...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0819139041
• ISBN13: 9780819139047
• Release Date: March 1984
• Publisher: University Press of America
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.4"