| FB-56779-13 | Research Programs: Fellowships for College Teachers and Independent Scholars | David William Porter | Launching English Intellectual History: The Construction of the First English Encyclopedia at Canterbury in the 7th Century | 1/1/2013 - 12/31/2013 | $50,400.00 | David | William | Porter | | | | Southern University and A & M College | Baton Rouge | LA | 70813-0001 | USA | 2012 | English | Fellowships for College Teachers and Independent Scholars | Research Programs | 50400 | 0 | 50400 | 0 |
The project studies a set of vocabularies recently discovered to be the earliest school text (and first long text) in the English language. There are three focuses: the vocabularies as a medium of Classical learning to Old English, the educational influence of vocabularies at the 7th-century School of Canterbury, and the influence of the vocabularies on the writings of the first generation of Anglo-Saxon authors. The final product: a book-length study revolutionizing knowledge of the beginnings of written English. |