English Folk Poetry : : Structure and Meaning / / Roger deV. Renwick.
Drawing on the long tradition of folklore study, Roger deV. Renwick examines three genres: traditional English folksongs, local songs of regional interest, and working-class poetry. In the span of time that extends from the eighteenth to the twentieth century, he finds govern world views underlying...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Penn eBook Package Archive 1898-1999 (pre Pub) |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2016] ©1980 |
| Year of Publication: | 2016 |
| Edition: | Reprint 2016 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Publications of the American Folklore Society ;
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (276 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Preface
- Introduction: English Folk Poetry
- 1. “The Bold Fisherman”
- 2. The Semiotics of Sexual Liaisons
- 3. The Local Song in Yorkshire
- 4. An Ethos for A Regional Culture
- 5. Local Poetry and Modalities of Experience
- Epilogue
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index