... of the fourteenth century the functions of the vernacular changed and English began to be used as the language of government and administration, and for literary purposes. As a result of the general expansion of English there was an increased need for a standardized written variety of Middle English, which ... . Chaucer wrote and spoke in the fourteenth century, so it's no doubt the language has evolved. More importantly, the evolvement really starts with Chaucer, as his writings exemplify modern English. It's much more easier to read Chaucer's literature than it is to read Beowulf. Chauc...

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... ask the DeLillos and the Updikes and the Styrons, but they don't ask popular novelists."1 The above quote aptly illustrates the incredible bias that exists in academia today regarding popular literature. Many English departments are victims of a literary pretentiousness, whereby anything that the great unwashed masses read and enjoy must inherently have no scholarly value. Indeed, when I informed people that I was writing ... literature, as opposed to a great story. King's newest novel, "From a Buick 8", is more different still. While the supernatural certainly plays a role in it, it is...

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