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