Words in Collision: Multilingualism in English-Language Fiction

by Michael L. Ross

For centuries, English-language writers have borrowed words and phrases from other languages in their fictional works. Words in Collision explores this tradition of language-mixing and its consequences. Returning to Shakespeare's Henry V, Michael Ross asks why writers employ "foreign" phrases in their English-language texts, why this practice continues, and what it means. He finds that the insertion of "foreign elements," rather than random or arbitrary,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0228016975
• ISBN13: 9780228016977
• Release Date: April 2023
• Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.1"