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William Motherwell (1797-1835), journalist, poet, man-of-letters, wit, civil servant, and outspoken conservative, published his anthology of ballads, Minstrelsy: Ancient and Modern, in 1827. His views on authenticity, editorial practice, the nature of oral transmission, and the importance of sung pe...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Brown, Mary Ellen, 1939-
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Lexington, Ky. : University Press of Kentucky, 2001.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Motherwell, William, > 1797-1835.
Motherwell, William, > 1797-1835 > Criticism and interpretation.
Politique et litterature > Écosse > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Politics and literature.
Literature.
Intellectual life.
POETRY > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Politics and literature > Scotland > History > 19th century.
Écosse > Vie intellectuelle > 19e siecle.
Écosse > Dans la litterature.
Scotland.
Scotland > In literature.
Scotland > Intellectual life > 19th century.
History.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
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Résumé:William Motherwell (1797-1835), journalist, poet, man-of-letters, wit, civil servant, and outspoken conservative, published his anthology of ballads, Minstrelsy: Ancient and Modern, in 1827. His views on authenticity, editorial practice, the nature of oral transmission, and the importance of sung performance--acquired through field collecting--anticipate much later scholarly discourse.Published after the death of Burns and the publication of Scott's Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border, ballads such as those Motherwell collected were one focus of a loose-knit movement that might be designated, c.
Description matérielle:1 online resource (280 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9780813157696

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