The Philology of the English Tongue.

Author/Editor
Earle, John.

Title
The Philology of the English Tongue.

Published
Earle, John. The Philology of the English Tongue. 5th ed., rev. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1892, pp. 68-69, 74-75

Review
Argues that Gower and Chaucer both wrote in the "King's English," i.e., the "the language that had formed itself in the Court about the person of the monarch." First edition published in 1871. [RFY1981; rev. MA]

Date
1892
1871

Gower Subjects
Language and Word Studies
Sources, Analogues, and Literary Relations