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
Clarendon
2000, 2000
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| Series: | Oxford studies in social history / Oxford studies in social history
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| Collection: | Oxford University Press - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| 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: | xi, 497 p., [12] p. of plates ill., facsims., ports |
| ISBN: | 9780191698019 |