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Balladeering, Minstrelsy, and the Making of British Romantic Poetry
Contributor(s): McLane, Maureen N. (Author)

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 ISBN: 0521895766     ISBN-13: 9780521895767
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
OUR PRICE: $114.00  

Binding Type: Hardcover
Published: December 2008
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Annotation: Shows how Romantic poetry was powerfully shaped by literary and cultural researches into oral, vernacular poetries in the late eighteenth-century.

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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Literary Criticism | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
- Poetry | European - English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
Dewey: 821.709
LCCN: 2008037117
Series: Cambridge Studies in Romanticism (Hardcover)
Physical Information: 1.1" H x 6" W x 9" L (1.40 lbs) 314 pages
Themes:
- Cultural Region - British Isles
Features: Bibliography, Dust Cover, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
Review Citations: Chronicle of Higher Education 01/30/2009 pg. 20
 
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Publisher Description:
This book is a history and theory of British poetry between 1760 and 1830, focussing on the relationship between Romantic poetry and the production, circulation and textuality of ballads. By discussing the ways in which eighteenth-century cultural and literary researches flowed into and shaped key canonical works, Maureen McLane argues that romantic poetry's influences went far beyond the merely literary. Breathing life into the work of eighteenth-century balladeers and antiquarians, she addresses the revival of the ballad, the figure of the minstrel, and the prevalence of a 'minstrelsy complex' in romanticism. Furthermore, she envisages a new way of engaging with romantic poetics, encompassing both 'oral' and 'literary' modes of poetic construction, and anticipates the role that technology might play in a media-driven twenty-first century. The study will be of great interest to scholars and students of Romantic poetry, literature and culture.
 
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