| The Spoken Word: Oral Culture in Britain, 1500-1850 Contributor(s): Fox, Adam (Editor), Woolf, Daniel (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0719057477 ISBN-13: 9780719057472 Publisher: Manchester University Press OUR PRICE: $28.45 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 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: - Political Science - History | Social History - Social Science | Folklore & Mythology |
| Dewey: 398.094 |
| LCCN: 2002043172 |
| Series: Politics, Culture, and Society in Early Modern Britain |
| Physical Information: 0.89" H x 6.14" W x 9.36" (0.99 lbs) 296 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Discusses the transition from a largely oral to a fundamentally literate society in the early modern period. During this period the spoken word remained of the utmost importance but development of printing and the spread of popular literacy combined to transform the nature of communication. Examines English, Scottish and Welsh Oral culture to provide the first pan-British study of the subject. Covers several aspects of oral culture ranging from tradition, to memories of the civil war, to changing mechanics for the settling of debts. The time-span concentrates on the period 1500-1800 but includes material from outside this time frame, covering a longer chronolgical span than most other studies to show the link between early modern and modern oral and literate cultures. |