Literature, Language and Change: From Chaucer to the Present

By Ruth Waterhouse and John Stephens

This book (1990) offers a historical perspective on literary English, from the mid-14th century to the 20th century. Through detailed analyses of individual texts and comparisons with texts from different periods, the authors build up a picture of the important and distinctive characteristics of each period and of the changes between them.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1041339267
• ISBN13: 9781041339267
• Release Date: June 2026
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 310 Pages