Street Ballads in Nineteenth-Century Britain, Ireland, and North America : The Interface between Print and Oral Traditions
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Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
1138269476
ISBN-13
9781138269477
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint
Routledge
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Nov 25th, 2016
Print length
306 Pages
Weight
478 grams
Dimensions
15.90 x 26.70 x 2.70 cms
Product Classification:
SongbooksPoetryLiterary studies: generalLiterary studies: c 1800 to c 1900
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In recent years, the assumption that traditional songs originated from a primarily oral tradition has been challenged by research into street literature. Not only are some traditional singers known to have learned songs from printed sources, but most of the songs were composed by professional writers. This volume engages with the long-running debate over the origin of traditional songs by examining street literatures interaction with and influence on oral traditions.
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 literatures interaction with, and influence on, oral traditions.
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