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Broken English - Dialects and the Politics of Language in Renaissance Writings (Hardcover)
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Broken English - Dialects and the Politics of Language in Renaissance Writings (Hardcover)
Series: The Politics of Language
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The English language in the Renaissance was in many ways a
collection of competing Englishes. Paula Blank investigates the
representation of alternative vernaculars - the dialects of early
modern English - in both linguistic and literary works of the
period. Blank argues that Renaissance authors such as Spenser,
Shakespeare, and Jonson helped to construct the idea of a national
language, variously known as "true" English or "pure" English or
the "King's English", by distinguishing its dialects - and
sometimes by creating those dialects themselves. Broken English
reveals how the Renaissance "invention" of dialect forged modern
alliances of language and cultural authority. This book will be of
interest to scholars and students of Renaissance studies and
Renaissance English literature. It will also make fascinating
reading for anyone with an interest in the history of the English
language.
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