William Lily, Hedwig Gwosdek

Lily's Grammar of Latin in English

An Introduction of the Eyght Partes of Speche, and the Construction of the Same

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This is an edition of the sixteenth-century Latin grammar which became, by Henry VIII's acclamation, the first authorized text for the teaching of Latin in grammar schools in England. It deeply influenced the study of Latin and the understanding of grammar. This edition includes chapters on its origins, composition, and subsequent history.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 362
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. August 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 680g
• ISBN-13: 9780199668113
• ISBN-10: 0199668116
• Artikelnr.: 47865642

Autorenporträt

Hedwig Gwosdek is Associate Professor of English at the University of Bonn. She has written articles on early printed Latin grammars and grammatical manuscripts in English. Her books include Early Printed Editions of the Long Accidence and Short Accidence Grammars. Anglistische Forschungen 213 (Heidelberg: Winter, 1991) and A Checklist of English Grammatical Manuscripts and Early Printed Grammars, c. 1400-1540. The Henry Sweet Society Studies in the History of Linguistics 6 (Münster: Nodus Publikationen, 2000).

Inhaltsangabe

List of Plates
Preface
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations and Short Titles
1: Introduction
2: The Grammatical Tradition
3: The Grammar Attributed to William Lily
4: Towards a Uniform School Grammar and its Teaching
5: 'Lily's Grammar' and the First Grammar of English
6: Physical Description and Editorial Principles
7: The Text of 'Lily's Latin Grammar' in English (1542)
8: Commentary
9: Appendices
10: Bibliography
11: Index