![]() ![]() Much of the period’s surviving work is poetry that is employed in subjects like as history, divinity, and science. A sizable fraction of the works are wholly unattributed, and the majority of the authors whose names appear are, in fact, pseudonyms.ģ.The Domination of Poetry. It is clear that oral tradition preserved historical poetic models, despite they do not appear in known manuscripts until the fourteenth century, save from obvious examples.Ģ.The anonymous nature of the writing is still strongly evidenced. The contrast is noticeable in the fourteenth century with the work of the western alliterative poets, but there are also great examples of this tendency in the earlier portion, most notably Layamon’s Brut. While the influence of French and Latin works is undeniable, there are certain writers who continue the development of the Old English period. For example, the poets appear to be receptive to new mediums. The overall characteristics are fairly difficult to summarise, and emphasis will be placed subsequently on special works of exceptional significance.ġ.The Transition: In many respects, this is a time of transition and experimentation. The time under consideration contains a wealth of intriguing, significant, and frequently delightful works. Gradually, a standard emerges from the East Midland dialect, which would become today’s Received Standard English this was partly due to the region’s significance at the time, as well as the capital, London. ![]() The Old English dialects have continued to develop, and it is customary to divide them into five main dialect areas: Northern, which can be subdivided into Lowland Scots and Northern English, which correspond to the old Northumbrian dialect East”Midlands and West Midlands, which correspond to Mercian South-eastern, which corresponds to Kentish and South-western, which corresponds to West Saxon. Loanwords from Scandinavia and France are prevalent, the latter in growing quantities. While manuscripts written near the end of the Old English period are written in West Saxon, when they reappear in the twelfth century, they are written in the author’s or scribe’s native dialect. The period witnesses the formation of Middle English, while the older period’s inflexional system gradually deteriorates. All of these were manifestations of a developing intelligence that was powerfully represented in the period’s literature. However, from a literary standpoint, more significant than specific events were the times’ general movements: the rise of religious orders, their early enthusiasm, and subsequent decline the blossoming of chivalry and the spirit of romance, which brought new sympathy for women and the poor the Crusades and the broadening of Europe’s outlook, which gradually expanded into the Renaissance rebirth of the intellect. ![]() This lengthy time in English history witnessed numerous developments: the formation of the Norman and Angevin dynasties internal disputes between monarch, nobility, clergy, and people and countless wars both at home and abroad. The Middle English Period THE HISTORICAL BACKGROUND ![]()
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