An exploration of how philology contributed to the study of English language and literature in the nineteenth century.

A prehistory of today's humanities, from ancient Greece to the early twentieth century Many today do not recognize the word, but "philology" was for centuries n

Language scholars have traditionally agreed that the development of the English language was largely unplanned. John H. Fisher challenges this view, demonstrati

This volume illuminates how philology and its focus on the critical examination of classical texts began an accelerated process of specialization in Dutch schol