Etymology and the invention of English in early modern literature /
Crawforth, Hannah Jane,1980-author.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: Etymology in early modern literature -- Etymology and estrangement in the poems of Edmund Spenser -- Etymology and textual time in the masques of Ben Jonson -- Etymology and place in Donne's sermons -- Etymology and the ends of idealism in Milton's prose -- Conclusion: A world in a word.
English literature
English language
Poetics.