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A history of the Early English Text Society. Volume I, Frederick James Furnivall : early life and career, 1825-c.1864 / by Helen Leith Spencer.
Van Pelt Library PR1119.A2 S63 2025
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Spencer, H. Leith, author.
- Series:
- Early English Text Society (Series). Original series ; 0070-7872 364.
- Early English Text Society. O.S., 0070-7872 ; 364
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Furnivall, Frederick James, 1825-1910.
- Furnivall, Frederick James.
- Early English Text Society--History.
- Early English Text Society.
- Genre:
- History.
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xxi, 483 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white) ; 23 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Other Title:
- Frederick James Furnivall : early life and career, 1825-c.1864
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2025.
- Summary:
- The Early English Text Society (EETS) was founded in 1864 by F. J. Furnivall, in part to supply lexicographical material for the Philological Society's 'New English Dictionary' (now the Oxford English Dictionary). Many medieval English texts were hitherto unprinted, or only in scarce editions, and hence unavailable to the Dictionary's readers. But Furnivall and his associates were also fascinated by these texts for their insights into medieval and early modern social history: Furnivall, social reformer and founding member of the Working Men's College, and under Carlyle's influence, read the material as a mirror from which political lessons could be learned for his own times. Initially he published medieval texts through the Philological Society but, asked to find another outlet, decided to found his own publishing society. This first volume (of three) of the EETS's history takes the story from Furnivall's birth to the beginnings of the EETS. It offers much new material concerning Furnivall's biography as a young man, as well his associates in the College (including Ruskin and the Pre-Raphaelites), and the EETS's early editors (including Richard Morris and Oswald Cockayne).
- Contents:
- Frederick James Furnivall : Early Life and Career, 1825-c.1864
- The Founding of the Early English Text Society
- The Early Editors and Their Contributions
- The Society's Role in Philology and Medieval Studies
- Social Reform and the Working Men's College
- The Influence of Ruskin and the Pre-Raphaelites.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 437-436) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780198934080
- 0198934084
- OCLC:
- 1517993034
- Publisher Number:
- CIPO000193876
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