Oral and Literate Culture in England, 1500-1700

Zusatztext ...[a] rich and in many ways groundbreaking book... In short, the importance of this book does not lie as much in its contribution to the complex and increasingly irrelevant debate about the relation between the oral and the written in the early modern period as in the large body of traditional discourse which it has made accessible for the first time in an accurate and well-sourced form. Klappentext Oral and Literate Culture in England! 1500-1700 explores the rich 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 rumor-mongering. Adam Fox demonstrates the extent to which this vernacular world was fundamentally structured by written and printed sources over the course of the period. Zusammenfassung This text explores the vernacular forms and rich oral traditions which were such a part of popular culture in early modern England. It focuses, in particular, upon dialect speech and proverbial wisdom. Though the spoken word prevailed, written influences added to the cultural repertoire. Introduction: The Oral and the Literate; 71. Popular Speech; 2. Proverbial Wisdom; 3. Old Wives' Tales and Nursery Lore; 4. The Historical Imagination; 5. Local Custom, Memory, and Record; 6. Ballads and Libels; 7. Rumour and News; Conclusion

Product details

• Authors: Adam Fox, Adam (Lecturer in Economic and Social History Fox, Fox Adam
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 16.05.2002
• EAN: 9780199251032
• ISBN: 978-0-19-925103-2
• No. of pages: 512
• Series: Oxford Studies in Social History; Oxford Studies in Social Histo; Oxford Studies in Social History; Oxford Studies in Social Histo
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries; England, Oral History, Popular Culture, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture, European History, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Folklore & Mythology, HISTORY / Social History, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Stuart Era (1603-1714), British & Irish history, Folklore, myths & legends, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599, c 1500 to c 1600, C 1600 To C 1700, Folklore studies / Study of myth (mythology)