Ballads, Songs and Snatches - The Appropriation of Folk Song Popular Culture in British 19th

As a book on allusion, this has interest for both the traditional literary or cultural historian and for the modern student of textuality and readership positions.

Sommario

Contents: Introduction; Scott: Scott's audiences, knowledge and inclinations; Scott and false intertexts; Scott's use of allusion to traditional song; Scott's Contemporaries: Galt and Hogg; Mitford; Scott's Legacy, and Three Muscular Christians: Mid-Nineteenth-century novelists; Borrow; Kingsley; Hughes; Gaskell; Dickens and Thackeray: Some new contexts; Dickens: a withdrawal from narrative commitment; Thackeray, popular song and gender politics; Jefferies; Hardy: Hardy's background and musical milieux; Church bands; Traditional dance and song; Conclusion; Appendices: The song sequence in Redgauntlet; Hardy's collection of 'Country Songs of 1820 Onwards'; Bibliography; Index.

Info autore

C.M. Jackson-Houlston

Riassunto

As a book on allusion, this has interest for both the traditional literary or cultural historian and for the modern student of textuality and readership positions.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Jackson Houlston, C M Jackson-Houlston, C M (Oxford Brookes University UK) Jackson-Houlston, C. M. Jackson-Houlston, C.M. Jackson-Houlston, C.m. (Oxford Brookes University Jackson-Houlston
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 28.11.2016
• EAN: 9781138272064
• ISBN: 978-1-138-27206-4
• Pagine: 240
• Serie: The Nineteenth Century Series; Nineteenth Century; The Nineteenth Century Series
• Categorie: Narrativa > Poesia lirica, drammatica; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Età moderna fino al 1918