The spoken word : oral culture in Britain, 1500-1850 /
The spoken word : oral culture in Britain, 1500-1850 /
edited by Adam Fox and Daniel Woolf.
- 1 online resource (x, 286 pages) : illustrations.
- Politics, culture, and society in early modern Britain .
- Politics, culture, and society in early modern Britain. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Language, literacy and aspects of identity in early modern Wales / The pulpit and the pen: clergy, orality and print in the Scottish Gaelic world / Speaking of history: conversations about the past in restoration and eighteenth-century England / Vagabonds and minstrels in sixteenth-century Wales / Reformed folklore? Cautionary tales and oral tradition in early modern England / The genealogical histories of Gaelic Scotland / Constructing oral tradition: the origins of the concept in enlightenment intellectual culture / 'Things said or sung a thousand times': customary society and oral culture in rural England, 1700-1900 / Richard Suggett and Eryn White -- Donald Meek -- Daniel Woolf -- Richard Suggett -- Alexandra Walsham -- Martin MacGregor -- Nicholas Hudson -- Bob Bushaway. Language, literacy and aspects of identity in early modern Wales / Richard Suggett and Eryn White -- The pulpit and the pen: clergy, orality and print in the Scottish Gaelic world / Donald Meek -- Speaking of history: conversations about the past in restoration and eighteenth-century England / Daniel Woolf -- Vagabonds and minstrels in sixteenth-century Wales / Richard Suggett -- Reformed folklore? Cautionary tales and oral tradition in early modern England / Alexandra Walsham -- The genealogical histories of Gaelic Scotland / Martin MacGregor -- Constructing oral tradition: the origins of the concept in enlightenment intellectual culture / Nicholas Hudson -- 'Things said or sung a thousand times': customary society and oral culture in rural England, 1700-1900 / Bob Bushaway.
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"The early modern period was of great significance throughout Europe with respect to its gradual transition from a largely oral to a fundamentally literate society. On the one hand, the spoken word remained of the utmost importance to the dissemination of ideas, the communication of information and the transmission of the cultural repertoire. On the other hand, the proliferation of written documents of all kinds, the development of printing and the spread of popular literacy combined to transform the nature of communication. Studies previous to this have traditionally focused on individual countries or regions, and emphasised the contradictions between oral and literate culture. The essays in this fascinating collection depart from these approaches in several ways. By examining not only English, but also Scottish and Welsh oral culture, they provide the first pan-British study of the subject. The authors also emphasise the ways in which oral and literate culture continued to compliment and inform each other, rather than focusing exclusively on their incompatibility, or on the 'inevitable' triumph of the written word. The chronological focus, ranging from the sixteenth to the mid-nineteenth century, with glances ahead to the twentieth, set the problem against a longer chronological span than most other studies, providing a link between early modern and modern oral and literate cultures. This book it will be of interest to students and scholars of British history, Linguistics, Literary Studies and Folklore Studies"--Publisher's description.
Electronic reproduction.
[Place of publication not identified] :
HathiTrust Digital Library,
2010.
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212
Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.
English.
1423706315 9781423706311 9781847790590 1847790593 1280733934 9781280733932 9786610733934 6610733937
9786610733934
22573/ctt1554j9d JSTOR
2002043172
GBB7A0171 bnb
018370816 Uk
Oral tradition--Great Britain.
Literature and folklore--Great Britain.
Literature and history--Great Britain.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Folklore & Mythology.
HISTORY--General.
Humanities.
History.
Regional and national history.
European history.
Language and languages.
Literature and folklore.
Literature and history.
Manners and customs.
Oral tradition.
Gewoonten.
Vertelkunst.
Mondelinge geschiedenis (wetenschap)
Great Britain--Languages.
Great Britain--Social life and customs.
Great Britain.
Great Britain--Languages--History.
Oral Culture Linguistics Folklore
Electronic book.
Electronic books.
GR141 / .S66 2002eb
398/.0941
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Language, literacy and aspects of identity in early modern Wales / The pulpit and the pen: clergy, orality and print in the Scottish Gaelic world / Speaking of history: conversations about the past in restoration and eighteenth-century England / Vagabonds and minstrels in sixteenth-century Wales / Reformed folklore? Cautionary tales and oral tradition in early modern England / The genealogical histories of Gaelic Scotland / Constructing oral tradition: the origins of the concept in enlightenment intellectual culture / 'Things said or sung a thousand times': customary society and oral culture in rural England, 1700-1900 / Richard Suggett and Eryn White -- Donald Meek -- Daniel Woolf -- Richard Suggett -- Alexandra Walsham -- Martin MacGregor -- Nicholas Hudson -- Bob Bushaway. Language, literacy and aspects of identity in early modern Wales / Richard Suggett and Eryn White -- The pulpit and the pen: clergy, orality and print in the Scottish Gaelic world / Donald Meek -- Speaking of history: conversations about the past in restoration and eighteenth-century England / Daniel Woolf -- Vagabonds and minstrels in sixteenth-century Wales / Richard Suggett -- Reformed folklore? Cautionary tales and oral tradition in early modern England / Alexandra Walsham -- The genealogical histories of Gaelic Scotland / Martin MacGregor -- Constructing oral tradition: the origins of the concept in enlightenment intellectual culture / Nicholas Hudson -- 'Things said or sung a thousand times': customary society and oral culture in rural England, 1700-1900 / Bob Bushaway.
Use copy Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; Open Access
"The early modern period was of great significance throughout Europe with respect to its gradual transition from a largely oral to a fundamentally literate society. On the one hand, the spoken word remained of the utmost importance to the dissemination of ideas, the communication of information and the transmission of the cultural repertoire. On the other hand, the proliferation of written documents of all kinds, the development of printing and the spread of popular literacy combined to transform the nature of communication. Studies previous to this have traditionally focused on individual countries or regions, and emphasised the contradictions between oral and literate culture. The essays in this fascinating collection depart from these approaches in several ways. By examining not only English, but also Scottish and Welsh oral culture, they provide the first pan-British study of the subject. The authors also emphasise the ways in which oral and literate culture continued to compliment and inform each other, rather than focusing exclusively on their incompatibility, or on the 'inevitable' triumph of the written word. The chronological focus, ranging from the sixteenth to the mid-nineteenth century, with glances ahead to the twentieth, set the problem against a longer chronological span than most other studies, providing a link between early modern and modern oral and literate cultures. This book it will be of interest to students and scholars of British history, Linguistics, Literary Studies and Folklore Studies"--Publisher's description.
Electronic reproduction.
[Place of publication not identified] :
HathiTrust Digital Library,
2010.
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212
Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.
English.
1423706315 9781423706311 9781847790590 1847790593 1280733934 9781280733932 9786610733934 6610733937
9786610733934
22573/ctt1554j9d JSTOR
2002043172
GBB7A0171 bnb
018370816 Uk
Oral tradition--Great Britain.
Literature and folklore--Great Britain.
Literature and history--Great Britain.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Folklore & Mythology.
HISTORY--General.
Humanities.
History.
Regional and national history.
European history.
Language and languages.
Literature and folklore.
Literature and history.
Manners and customs.
Oral tradition.
Gewoonten.
Vertelkunst.
Mondelinge geschiedenis (wetenschap)
Great Britain--Languages.
Great Britain--Social life and customs.
Great Britain.
Great Britain--Languages--History.
Oral Culture Linguistics Folklore
Electronic book.
Electronic books.
GR141 / .S66 2002eb
398/.0941