| Street Ballads in Nineteenth-Century Britain, Ireland, and North America: The Interface between Print and Oral Traditions Contributor(s): Atkinson, David (Author), Roud, Steve (Author) |
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ISBN: 1138269476 ISBN-13: 9781138269477 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $65.50 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | European - English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh - Literary Criticism | Comparative Literature - Music | Printed Music - Piano-vocal-guitar |
| Dewey: 821.044 |
| Physical Information: 0.65" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (0.97 lbs) 306 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In recent years, the assumption that traditional songs originated from a primarily oral tradition has been challenged by research into 'street literature' - that is, the cheap printed broadsides and chapbooks that poured from the presses of jobbing printers from the late sixteenth century until the beginning of the twentieth. Not only are some traditional singers known to have learned songs from printed sources, but most of the songs were composed by professional writers and reached the populace in printed form. Street Ballads in Nineteenth-Century Britain, Ireland, and North America engages with the long-running debate over the origin of traditional songs by examining street literature's interaction with, and influence on, oral traditions. |