The Journal of Philology - 9781108056779

The Journal of PhilologyAuthor(s): William Aldis Wright, Ingram Bywater, Henry Jackson\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9781108056779, 978-1108056779\nSynopsis\nFounded in 1868 by the Cambridge scholars John Eyton Bickersteth Mayor [tel], William George Clark [tel], and William Aldis Wright [tel], this biannual journal was a successor to The Journal of Classical and Sacred Philology (also reissued in the Cambridge Library Collection). Unlike its short-lived precursor, it survived for more than half a century, until 1920, spanning the period in which specialised academic journals developed from more general literary reviews. Predominantly classical in subject matter, with contributions from such scholars as J. . Postgate, Robinson Ellis and A. E. Housman, the journal also contains articles on historical and literary themes across the 35 volumes, illuminating the growth and scope of philology as a d.