The new Cambridge History of the English language
The New Cambridge History of the English Language represents a second edition of the original Cambridge history published in the 1990s. Much has happened in English historical linguistics in the last three decades and so it was felt that a new history should reflect these shifts in research evident in current historical studies. Specifically, the new history is to take account of the new data sources, methodologies and analytical approaches visible in the field in recent years. In addition, the new history aims at affording full recognition to varieties of English world-wide without prioritizing any one or any small number of these.
The New Cambridge History of the English Language is divided into the following volumes:
Volume I: Context, contact and development
Volume II: Documentation, data and modelling
Volume III: Transmission, change and ideology
Volume IV: Britain, Ireland and Europe
Volume V: North America and the Caribbean
Volume VI: Africa, Asia, Australasia and the Pacific: Part I: English in Africa and the South Atlantic, Part II: English in Asia, Australasia and the Pacific
Swifterature: A Love Story: English Literature and Taylor Swift
A daring literary fusion of pop culture and feminism, Swifterature captures the special connection between English literature and the worldwide phenomenon of Taylor Swift.
Swifterature captures a unique fusion of different elements: fandom, feminism, and a defense of both literature and popular culture.The narrative is split into thirteen chapters that use Swift’s lyrics as departure points. The reader experiences the inspiring influence of English literature as Swift’s lens breathes new vitality and urgency into older texts. McCausland also writes about her own experiences as she copes with intense media scrutiny and is forced to defend her academic integrity.
She argues that Swift, through her self-conscious engagement with classic works of literature and her extraordinary popularity, invites us to reflect not only on the culture of our past but also of our present. Swifterature shows how Swift’s place on the world’s stage can teach us about many things, from feminism to politics, nature to childhood. In the process the book makes a compelling case that studying Taylor Swift also turns us into better readers, not only of literature but of ourselves and each other.
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