Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog Project Gutenberg 2005-03-11 Public domain in the USA. 52 Elstob, Elizabeth 1683 1756 Peake, Charles H. 57000504 An apology for the study of northern antiquities Los Angeles : $b The Augustan Reprint Society, $c 1956 Augustan Reprint Society, publication number 61 Reading ease score: 62.0 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. This text is the introduction to the author's "Rudiments of Grammar for the English-Saxon Tongue" Produced by David Starner, Louise Hope and the Online Distributed "An Apology for the Study of Northern Antiquities" by Elizabeth Elstob is a scholarly treatise written in the early 18th century. The book argues for the importance and value of studying Anglo-Saxon heritage and language, specifically in the context of recent criticisms from figures like Jonathan Swift, who disparaged antiquarian scholarship. Elstob, as a pioneering female scholar of her time, seeks to defend not only the study of Northern antiquities but also the legitimacy of her own contributions to this field. In the text, Elstob responds to Swift's criticisms by emphasizing the worth and richness of Anglo-Saxon literature and its influence on the modern English language. She provides an array of arguments that defend the grammatical and stylistic merits of the Anglo-Saxon tongue, highlighting its unique features such as monosyllabic words and consonants, which she argues contribute to the strength and masculinity of English. Throughout the book, Elstob draws upon her own scholarly work, including her grammar of the Anglo-Saxon language, to showcase the vitality of Northern antiquities and encourage others, particularly women, to engage in the study of their linguistic heritage. The work serves both as a defense of the field and an encouragement for broader acceptance and exploration of antiquarian studies. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Germanic languages English language -- Old English, ca. 450-1100 Hickes, George, 1642-1715 PE Text Browsing: History - General Browsing: Language & Communication Browsing: Literature 121604 121489 2024-10-07T05:04:40.454990 2023-09-07T06:52:27.033232 text/html text/html 115890 2009-07-19T08:52:46 text/html; charset=utf-8 76044 2020-12-14T06:59:29 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 160820 2024-10-07T05:04:48.215985 application/epub+zip 159536 2024-10-07T05:04:44.375965 application/epub+zip 104659 2024-10-07T05:04:42.818997 application/epub+zip 461689 2024-10-07T05:04:50.876956 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 442336 2024-10-07T05:04:47.211026 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 232845 2022-09-07T21:12:06.845424 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 95252 2024-10-07T05:04:39.808010 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 96540 2009-07-19T08:41:24 text/plain; charset=utf-8 38527 2020-12-14T06:59:29 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 95010 2009-07-19T08:51:30 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 37677 2020-12-14T06:59:29 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 93852 2020-12-14T06:59:29 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 37061 2020-12-14T06:59:29 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 23964 2024-10-07T05:04:51.023941 application/rdf+xml 16782 2024-10-07T05:04:43.398004 image/jpeg 3769 2024-10-07T05:04:43.103017 image/jpeg 157553 2024-10-07T05:04:40.475018 application/octet-stream application/zip en.wikipedia