The Age of Alfred 664-1154 (Classic Reprint)
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Excerpt from The Age of Alfred 664-1154 Anglo-Saxon (or Old English) literature seems separated by an almost impassable gulf from the oldest native writer commonly read in our schools - Geoffrey Chaucer. Between Chaucer and Tennyson there is the bond of a grammar and vocabulary not indeed identical, but comprising large common elements which make the transition from one to the other a perfectly feasible operation even for those who have not been prepared by a study of Middle English peculiarities. On turning to Anglo-Saxon writings, on the other hand, the modern Englishman finds himself con fronted at the outset by a formidable obstacle in the shape of the language, which strikes him as having a foreign appearance, like Dutch or Swedish. The fact that it is the parent of his everyday speech, his mother tongue, the fact that its sounds are ´as strong as they are sweet and beautiful,´ does not do away with the practical difficulty of understanding words and phrases which centuries ago became obsolete, does not teach an accidence not very elaborate, it is true, but much more complex than the irreducible minimum of inflectional changes to which we are accustomed. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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