Chapter published in:
Late Modern English: Novel encounters
Edited by Merja Kytö and Erik Smitterberg
[Studies in Language Companion Series 214] 2020
► pp. 1–17

Introduction

Late Modern English studies into the twenty-first century

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Article outline
  • 1.Late Modern English: A bird’s-eye view
  • 2.The studies in the present volume
  • 3.Concluding remarks
  • References
Published online: 18 March 2020
https://doi.org/10.1075/slcs.214.int
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