The Spoken Word : Oral Culture in Britain, 1500-1850.

This electronic version has been made available under a Creative Commons (BY-NC-ND) open access license. 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 o...

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Corporate Author: Walter de Gruyter & Co
Other Authors: Lake, Peter (Series edited by.), Fox, Adam (Editor), Woolf, Daniel (Editor), Milton, Anthony (Series edited by.), Peacey, Jason (Series edited by.), Gajda, Alexandra (Series edited by.), Hargreaves, Martin (Index by.)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Manchester : Plymouth : Manchester University Press NBN International [distributor] July 2018
Series:Politics, Culture and Society in Early Modern Britain Ser.
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Summary:This electronic version has been made available under a Creative Commons (BY-NC-ND) open access license. 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.
Physical Description:1 online resource
Audience:Trade
ISBN:9781526137876
1526137879