Derek Pearsall

3.2k citations
81 papers · 656 indexed · h-index 16

Impact in

  • Classics top 0.01%
    • Medieval Literature and History
    • Byzantine Studies and History
    • Historical, Literary, and Cultural Studies
  • History top 0.1%
    • Historical Studies of British Isles
    • Reformation and Early Modern Christianity

Papers in

Derek Pearsall

59 papers receiving 265 citations

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Derek Pearsall
Comparison fields: 5 of 47
  • Classics 511
  • History 323
  • Literature and Literary Theory 149
  • Language and Linguistics 130
  • Religious studies 26
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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
#Work
1 20161
2
Makers and users of medieval books : essays in honour of A.S.G. Edwards
20143
3 20137
4
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: An Essay in Enigma
20113
5
English and international : studies in the literature, art and patronage of Medieval England
201012
6
The Language of the Chaucer Tradition
20051
7 20051
8 20044
9 20005
10
Chaucer to Spenser : a critical reader
19995
11
Chaucer to Spenser: An Anthology of Writings in English 1375-1575.
19992
12
Piers Plowman : the C-text
19948
13 199430
14
Studies in medieval English romances : some new approaches
19919
15 198915
16 19869
17 198128
18 19763
19 197631
20 19691

About Derek Pearsall

Derek Pearsall is a scholar working on Classics, Language and Linguistics, History, Literature and Literary Theory and Linguistics and Language, having authored 81 papers that have together received 656 indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Medieval Literature and History (54 papers), Linguistics and language evolution (16 papers), Historical Studies of British Isles (9 papers), Folklore, Mythology, and Literature Studies (5 papers), Medieval Iberian Studies (4 papers), Reformation and Early Modern Christianity (3 papers), Linguistic Variation and Morphology (3 papers) and Themes in Literature Analysis (3 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Classics (511 citations), History (323 citations), Literature and Literary Theory (149 citations), Language and Linguistics (130 citations) and Religious studies (26 citations). Derek Pearsall has collaborated with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Philippines. Frequent co-authors include John Stevens, Lister M. Matheson, Larry D. Benson, Derek Brewer, E. George Salter, J. A. Burrow, Thomas J. Heffernan, John D. Niles, R. M. Lumiansky and William Langland. Their work appears in journals such as The Modern Language Review, Speculum, Studies in the age of Chaucer, The Review of English Studies and The Chaucer Review.

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