Englisches Seminar
Universität Münster
Here is a selective bibliography containing several publications important for
the study of Early Modern English. The code in square
brackets denotes the
respective signature in the departmental library.
Contents:
1. LANGUAGE HISTORICAL SURVEYS (incl. important sections on Early Modern English)
Barber, C.,
The English Language: a Historical Introduction
(Cambridge, 1993) [S FA 1993:3]
Baugh, A. C., and T. Cable,
A History of the English Language, 5th ed. (London and New York, 2002) [S FA 1951]
Crystal, D.,
The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the English Language
(Cambridge, 1995) [0.1 CRYS 95]
Fennell, B.,
A History of English: a Sociolinguistic Approach
(Oxford, 2001) [S FA 2001:1]
Hogg, R., ed.,
The Cambridge History of the English Language, 6 vols. (Cambridge, 1992-) [S FA 1992:1]
Millward, C. M.,
A Biography of the English Language, 2nd ed. (Fort Worth, 1996) [S FA 1996:3]
Pyles, T.,
The Origins and Development of the English Language, 4th ed. (Fort Worth, 1993) [S FA 1964]
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2. INTRODUCTIONS
Barber, C.,
Early Modern English, 2nd ed. (Edinburgh, 1997) [S JA 1976:1¹]
Görlach, M.,
Einführung ins Frühneuenglische, 2nd ed. (Heidelberg, 1994) [S JA 1978:2]
Jones, R. F.,
The Triumph of the English Language (Stanford, 1953) [UB: 3E 24330]
Spevack, M.,
'Shakespeare's Language', in William Shakespeare: His World, His Work, His Influence, ed. J. F. Andrews (New York, 1985), vol. II, pp. 343-61 [Sh 565/314, Sh 565/318]
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3. RESOURCES
Alston, R. C., ed.,
English Linguistics 1500-1800: a Collection of Facsimile Reprints, vol. 1- (Menston, 1967-) [SNe 900]
Harner, J. L.,
English Renaissance Prose Fiction 1500-1660: an Annotated Bibliography of Criticism (Boston, MA, 1978); first suppl. 1978-1983 (Boston, MA, 1985); second suppl. 1984-1990 (New York, 1992) [Bi 440/1: 1-3]
Heninger, S. K., jr.,
English Prose, Prose Fiction and Criticism to 1660: a Guide to Information Resources, American Literature, English Literature, and World Literatures in English Information Guide Series 2 (Detroit, MI, 1975) [Bi 110: 2]
Murray, J. A. H., H. Bradley, W. A. Craigie, C. T. Onions, R. W. Burchfield, J.
A. Simpson and E. S. C. Weiner, ed.,
The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 20 vols. (Oxford, 1989) [W 2/6]
Pollard, A. W., and Redgrave, G. R.,
A Short-Title Catalogue of Books Printed in England, Scotland and Ireland and of the English Books Printed Abroad 1475-1640 (London, 1926), second edition in three vols. incl. index by W. A. Jackson, F. S. Ferguson, K. F. Pantzer and P. R. Rider (London, 1986-91) [Bi 284/1]
Schmidt, A., and G. Sarrazin,
Shakespeare-Lexicon: a Complete Dictionary of all the English Words, Phrases and Constructions in the Works of the Poet, 6th ed. (Berlin and New York, 1971) [Sh 551³/9]
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4. GRAMMARS
Abbott, E. A.,
A Shakespearian Grammar: an Attempt to Illustrate Some of the Differences between Elizabethan and Modern English, 4th ed. (London, 1884) [Sh 546/7, Sh 546/8]
Franz, W.,
Die Sprache Shakespeares in Vers und Prosa, 4th ed. (Halle, 1939) [SH 546/9, Sh 546/10]
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5. PRONUNCIATION
Cercignani, F.,
Shakespeare's Works and Elizabethan Pronunciation (Oxford, 1981) [Sh 547/68]
Dobson, E. J.,
English Pronunciation 1500-1700, 2nd ed., 2 vols. (Oxford, 1968) [1.1.2 Dobs 68]
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6. READERS
Burnley, D.,
The History of the English Language: a Source Book, 2nd ed. (Harlow, 2000) [S FA 1992:3]
Cusack, B., ed.,
Everyday English 1500-1700: a Reader (Edinburgh, 1998) [XVI 2999/6]
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7. LITERATURE
Hattaway, M., ed.,
A Companion to English Renaissance Literature and Culture (Oxford, 2000) [LIT CG 2000:2]
Kinney, A. F., ed.,
The Cambridge Companion to English Literature 1500-1600 (Cambridge, 2000) [LIT CG 2000:1]
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8. TEXTS
Blake, N. F., ed.,
Selections from William Caxton, Clarendon Medieval and Tudor Series (Oxford, 1973) [ME CAX 8-3 1973:1]
Wilson, T.,
The Arte of Rhetorique, a Facsimile Reproduction with an Introduction by R. H. Bowers, Scholars' Facsimiles and Reprints (Gainesville, FL, 1962) [XVI 3017/2]
The Holy Bible (Authorized King James Version) (London, 1974) [XVII 3022/22, XVII 3022/23]
Evans, G. B., et al., ed.,
The Riverside Shakespeare (Boston, 1974) [Sh 108]
Hinman, C., ed.,
The First Folio of Shakespeare: the Norton Facsimile (New York, 1968) [Sh 1/5]
Boyer, P., and S. Nissenbaum, ed.,
The Salem Witchcraft Papers: Verbatim Transcriptions of the Legal Documents of the Salem Witchcraft Outbreak of 1692, 3 vols. (New York, 1977) [http://etext.virginia.edu/salem/witchcraft/texts/transcripts.html]
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