Review of the Book: Hans Sauer and Piotr P. Chruszczewski (eds.) Mostly Medieval:  In Memory of Jacek Fisiak (= Beyond Language 5). San Diego, CA 2020: Æ Academic Publishing.  
ISBN: 978-1-68346-186-9, 568 pages Cover Image

Review of the Book: Hans Sauer and Piotr P. Chruszczewski (eds.) Mostly Medieval: In Memory of Jacek Fisiak (= Beyond Language 5). San Diego, CA 2020: Æ Academic Publishing. ISBN: 978-1-68346-186-9, 568 pages
Review of the Book: Hans Sauer and Piotr P. Chruszczewski (eds.) Mostly Medieval: In Memory of Jacek Fisiak (= Beyond Language 5). San Diego, CA 2020: Æ Academic Publishing. ISBN: 978-1-68346-186-9, 568 pages

Author(s): Oliver M. Traxel
Subject(s): Essay|Book Review |Scientific Life, Book-Review
Published by: Komisja Nauk Filologicznych Oddziału Polskiej Akademii Nauk we Wrocławiu
Keywords: Gedenkschrift; Old English; Middle English; medievalism; linguistics

Summary/Abstract: This article is a review of a Gedenkschrift intended to memorise Jacek Fisiak, a well-known Polish professor of English who died in 2019. It presents an overview of the contributions to this volume, which is divided into six “Parts,” each of which focuses on a particular aspect connected to his person or academic work. The articles in this book cover a large number of fields, ranging from individual recollections through topics on historical English up to the modern day. It is concluded that this publication is a suitable way to posthumously honour a particularly productive and beloved scholar

  • Issue Year: 2021
  • Issue No: 14
  • Page Range: 383-389
  • Page Count: 7
  • Language: English
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