English In Nineteenth-Century England

Cambridge University Press, 1999-11-04. Hardcover. Like New. 6x0x9. [From the library of noted scholar Richard A. Macksey.] Hardcover. Good binding and cover. Clean, unmarked pages. <br> "Richard A. Macksey was a celebrated Johns Hopkins University professor whose affiliation with the university spanned six and a half decades. A legendary figure not only in his own fields of critical… Read more about this item

Paperback / softback. New. This introduction to nineteenth-century English in England surveys the distinctive features of the language, from spelling to text types and provides an extensive selection of sample texts from many genres. 100 exercises provide the student with hands-on experience of the problems and methods involved in English historical linguistics.