Chapter INTRODUCTION -- chapter 1 THE RENAISSANCE DISCOVERY OF DIALECT -- chapter 2 THE THIEVES OF LANGUAGE -- chapter 3 REGIONS OF RENAISSANCE ENGLISH I -- South of the Border -- chapter 4 REGIONS OF RENAISSANCE ENGLISH II -- The North Country -- chapter 5 LANGUAGE, LAWS, AND BLOOD -- The King's English and His Empire
Summary
Annotation The English language in the Renaissance was in many ways a collection of competing Englishes. Blank investigates the representation of alternative vernaculars in both linguistic and literary works of the time
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-206) and index