Oral and literate culture in England, 1500-1700 /
This book explores the oral culture of early modern England. It focuses upon dialect speech and proverbial wisdom, old wives' tales and children's lore, historical legends and local customs scurrilous versifying and scandalous rumour-mongering.
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford : New York :
Clarendon Press ; Oxford University Press,
2000.
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| Series: | Oxford studies in social history.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | This book explores the oral culture of early modern England. It focuses upon dialect speech and proverbial wisdom, old wives' tales and children's lore, historical legends and local customs scurrilous versifying and scandalous rumour-mongering. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xi, 497 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 414-457) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780191542299 0191542296 1280445130 9781280445132 9786610445134 6610445133 9780191698019 0191698016 |