| The Spoken Word: Oral Culture in Britain 1500-1850 Contributor(s): Fox, Adam (Editor), Woolf, Daniel (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0719057469 ISBN-13: 9780719057465 Publisher: Manchester University Press OUR PRICE: $80.10 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: April 2003 Annotation: Previous studies on oral culture have traditionally emphasized the contradictions between oral and literate culture, and focussed on individual countries or regions. The essays in this fascinating collection depart from these approaches in several ways. By examining not only English, but also Scottish and Welsh oral culture, they provide the first pan-British study of the subject. The authors also emphasize the ways in which oral and literate culture continued to compliment and inform each other, rather than focusing exclusively on their incompatibility, or on the 'inevitable' triumph of the written word. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Folklore & Mythology - History | Europe - Great Britain - General |
| Dewey: 398.094 |
| LCCN: 2002043172 |
| Series: Politics, Culture and Society in Early Modern Britain (Hardcover) |
| Physical Information: 1.1" H x 6.28" W x 9.68" (1.26 lbs) 296 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles |