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The history of modern European languages has been largely determined by the range of functions they have acquired, particularly after 1500. This development necessitated a notable expansion of their syntax and lexis, but is most characteristically reflected in the conventionalization of text types. Starting from the German concept of Textsorte as developed from the 1960's onwards, the present account is a first comprehensive attempt at charting the field for the history and present-day situation of the English language. In text types, a designation is linked with a more or less stable form which guides the writer's production as well as the reader's expectation, permitting one to recognize straightforward uses as well as deliberate misuses. Some two thousand of such designations are here listed with minimal definitions and dates for first occurrences. The discussion then concentrates on selected types, which are seen as especially illustrative for English: book dedications, cooking recipes, advertisements, church hymns, lexical entries, and jokes. Their functions and development over time are treated in correlation with their specific linguistic characteristics and adaptations to different period styles and social changes in the readership. The functional range of text types in traditions outside England and the consequences of the export of English categories are exemplified by the history of Scots/Scottish English and of English in India. The arguments are accompanied by a lavish supply of textual excerpts and more than fifty pages of facsimiles, which are especially relevant for insights derived from typographical features. A full bibliography and indices are provided at the end. The book will prove useful for decisions on the constitution of representative text corpora and stimulate research into a greater number of individual text types as well as contrastive analyses at least among European languages.

English language --- Literary form --- History. --- Variation. --- Historical linguistics --- #KVHA:Taalkunde; Engels --- #KVHA:Historische linguistiek; Engels --- Anglais (Langue) --- Genres littéraires --- History --- Histoire --- Variation --- Form, Literary --- Forms, Literary --- Forms of literature --- Genre (Literature) --- Genre, Literary --- Genres, Literary --- Genres of literature --- Literary forms --- Literary genetics --- Literary genres --- Literary types (Genres) --- Literature --- Dialects --- Germanic languages

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English language --- Creative writing --- Report writing --- Literary form --- Literature - General --- English Language --- English --- Languages & Literatures --- Form, Literary --- Forms, Literary --- Forms of literature --- Genre (Literature) --- Genre, Literary --- Genres, Literary --- Genres of literature --- Literary forms --- Literary genetics --- Literary genres --- Literary types (Genres) --- Literature --- Germanic languages --- Rhetoric --- Study and teaching. --- Study and teaching

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"In Lyric Generations, G. Gabrielle Starr rejects the usual genealogy of lyric poetry in which Romantic poets are thought to have built solely and directly upon the works of Chaucer, Spenser, Shakespeare, and Milton. She argues instead the novelists such as Richardson, Haywood, Behn, and others, while drawing upon earlier lyric conventions, ushered in a new language of self-expression and community which profoundly affected the aesthetic goals of lyric poets. Examining the works of Cowper, Smith, Wordsworth, Coleridge, and Keats in light of their competitive dialogue with the novel, Starr advances a literary history that considers formal characteristics as products of historical change. In a world increasingly defined by prose, poets adapted the new forms, characters, and moral themes of the novel in order to reinvigorate poetic practice."--Jacket.

English fiction --- English poetry --- Literary form --- Lyric poetry --- History and criticism. --- History --- Engels. --- Romans. --- Lyriek. --- Lyric poetry. --- Literary form. --- English poetry. --- English fiction. --- Poesie lyrique --- Genres litteraires --- Poesie anglaise --- Roman anglais --- Histoire et critique. --- Histoire --- English literature --- Form, Literary --- Forms, Literary --- Forms of literature --- Genre (Literature) --- Genre, Literary --- Genres, Literary --- Genres of literature --- Literary forms --- Literary genetics --- Literary genres --- Literary types (Genres) --- Literature --- Poetry --- Ethnology --- Italic peoples --- Latini (Italic people)

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82 <03> --- 82 <031> --- 82 --- Criticism --- -English language --- -Literature --- -Literary form --- -#BIBC:ruil --- Form, Literary --- Forms, Literary --- Forms of literature --- Genre (Literature) --- Genre, Literary --- Genres, Literary --- Genres of literature --- Literary forms --- Literary genetics --- Literary genres --- Literary types (Genres) --- Literature --- Belles-lettres --- Western literature (Western countries) --- World literature --- Philology --- Authors --- Authorship --- Germanic languages --- Appraisal of books --- Books --- Evaluation of literature --- Literary criticism --- Rhetoric --- Aesthetics --- Style, Literary --- Literatuur. Algemene literatuurwetenschap--Naslagwerken. Referentiewerken --- Literatuur. Algemene literatuurwetenschap--Encyclopedieën. Lexica --- Literatuur. Algemene literatuurwetenschap --- Terminology --- Terms and phrases --- Appraisal --- Technique --- Evaluation --- -801.9503 --- Electronic information resources --- Websites & databases --- 82 Literatuur. Algemene literatuurwetenschap --- 82 <031> Literatuur. Algemene literatuurwetenschap--Encyclopedieën. Lexica --- 82 <03> Literatuur. Algemene literatuurwetenschap--Naslagwerken. Referentiewerken --- English language --- Literary form --- #BIBC:ruil --- Literary terms --- 82 Literature in general --- Literature in general --- Litterature anglaise --- Anglais (langue) --- Terminologie --- Technologie --- Langage