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It must be said that the days when every schoolchild was (at least) exposed to classical mythology and the Great Books have been superseded by an obsession with education applicable only to commercial pursuits, the syndrome reflected in, Why do I have to study Chaucer and Shakespeare to become a car mechanic or an astronaut?
314: "A Chaucer, Not an Echo"
Like Chaucer.
Just think how many words must have been coined by writers whose works are the only ones extant from early periods of the language: people who misuse citation dictionaries must think that Richard Rolle of Hampole, Holinshed, Chaucer, Shakespeare, and a handful of other geniuses sat down one day and invented the English language, making up the words as they went along.
I miss such documentation in Wilkinson's book: the only indication we have, from How to use the book, is in a vague mention of Heywood, Ray, OED, ODEP , Apperson, and Skeat's 1895 edition of Chaucer--vague because the average user of this book may not be familiar with these cryptic references, and no bibliographic details are provided.