Street Ballads in Nineteenth-Century Britain, Ireland, and North America The Interface between Print and Oral Traditions
Synopsis
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.Book details
- Author:
- David Atkinson, Steve Roud
- ISBN:
- 9781317049203
- Related ISBNs:
- 9781472427410, 9781138269477, 9781315611044
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Pages:
- 306
- Reading age:
- Not specified
- Includes images:
- Yes
- Date of addition:
- 2023-06-15
- Usage restrictions:
- Copyright
- Copyright date:
- 2014
- Copyright by:
- David Atkinson, Steve Roud
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Categories:
- Language Arts, Literature and Fiction, Music