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Caxton in the middle of English
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David Matthews explores how Caxton’s awareness of linguistic change informed his editing methods. Caxton’s editing of Trevisa's translation of Higden’s Polychronicon, for example, shows a distinct diachronic consciousness and a desire to forge something new out of Trevisa's ‘old’ English. This stands in contrast to his more deferential treatment of Chaucer. Matthews thus differentiates between philology as a tool for understanding another language and as an editorial practice focused on rendering texts transparent.
Title: Caxton in the middle of English
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David Matthews explores how Caxton’s awareness of linguistic change informed his editing methods.
Caxton’s editing of Trevisa's translation of Higden’s Polychronicon, for example, shows a distinct diachronic consciousness and a desire to forge something new out of Trevisa's ‘old’ English.
This stands in contrast to his more deferential treatment of Chaucer.
Matthews thus differentiates between philology as a tool for understanding another language and as an editorial practice focused on rendering texts transparent.
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