Haruko Momma (New York University)

From Philology to English Studies

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Produktbeschreibung

An examination of the influence of nineteenth-century philology on European thought. Haruko Momma considers, among other matters, the impact of William Jones's discovery of Sanskrit on historical studies of language and culture, the Philological Society's role in the making of the OED, and the rise of English studies at universities.

Produktdetails

• Studies in English Language
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 242
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Oktober 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 476g
• ISBN-13: 9780521518864
• ISBN-10: 0521518865
• Artikelnr.: 36028317

Autorenporträt

Haruko Momma is Professor of English at New York University. Her previous publications include The Composition of Old English Poetry (Cambridge University Press, 2007).

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
1. Introduction: where is philology?
2. Philological awakening: William Jones and the architecture of learning
3. The Anglo-Saxon revolution: John Mitchell Kemble and the paradigm
4. The Philological Society of London: lexicography as national philology
5. The professor and the reader: vernaculars in the academy
Epilogue: the closing of the phase of philology
Bibliography.