The Shakespeare Conference: SHK 12.1173 Tuesday, 22 May 2001
[1] From: Peter Groves <
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Date: Saturday, 19 May 2001 10:22:46 +1000
Subj: Re: Peter Brook's Hamlet and Parallel Texts
[2] From: Jadwiga Krupski <
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Date: Saturday, 19 May 2001 08:46:07 -0400
Subj: Help with Parallel texts
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From: Peter Groves <
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Date: Saturday, 19 May 2001 10:22:46 +1000
Subject: 12.1152 Re: Peter Brook's Hamlet and Parallel Texts
Comment: RE: SHK 12.1152 Re: Peter Brook's Hamlet and Parallel Texts
Larry Weiss wrote:
>I suspect, but cannot prove, that
> Shakespeare and other early modern writers are at least partly
> responsible for the fact that the language, which had altered rapidly
> over the previous two or three centuries, has evolved only glacially
> since then. Other factors, of course, are near universal literacy and
> the ready availability of printed material. I see no major reason to be
> concerned that these will so change over the next century or so that
> modern English will become a dead language; and until it does early
> modern English should remain comprehensible.
Yes: wide literacy puts a huge interial brake on language change.
Exactly the same span of time separates Chaucer and Dryden as separates
Dryden and us.
Peter Groves
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From: Jadwiga Krupski <
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Date: Saturday, 19 May 2001 08:46:07 -0400
Subject: Help with Parallel texts
After a prolonged absence, I joined this discussion rather late. Since I
am working on an article related to this subject (I range myself on the
side of those who DO NOT consider Elizabethan English a foreign
language), I need some specifics on "parallel texts", such as titles,
authorship and publication data. Could a fellow list member kindly sent
me some of that information? Thanks in advance, Jadwiga Kruoski
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