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1 online resource (xii, 265 pages) : illustrations |
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Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents ; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Toward a Biographical Social History; Chapter 1: Gulielmus Motherwell, Willyan Moderwell, William Motherwell; Chapter 2: Politics; Chapter 3: The Poet; Chapter 4: The Ballad Errantry; Chapter 5: The Death of Literature; Chapter 6: Les Bons Mots; Chapter 7: Play; Chapter 8: But Who Was William Motherwell?; Appendix 1: Informants and Items; Appendix 2: Drafts on Variation; Appendix 3: Memoirs of a Paisley Bail; Appendix 4: Motherwell's Affiliations and Associates |
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Appendix 5: Annotations Relating to Motherwell's AssociatesNotes; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
William Motherwell (1797-1835), journalist, poet, man-of-letters, wit, civil servant, and outspoken conservative, published his anthology of ballads, Minstrelsy: Ancient and Modern, in 1827. His views on authenticity, editorial practice, the nature of oral transmission, and the importance of sung performance--acquired through field collecting--anticipate much later scholarly discourse. Published after the death of Burns and the publication of Scott's Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border, ballads such as those Motherwell collected were one focus of a loose-knit movement that might be designated, c |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-256) and index |
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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 MiAaHDL |
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Motherwell, William, 1797-1835 -- Criticism and interpretation
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Motherwell, William, 1797-1835 fast |
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Politics and literature -- Scotland -- History -- 19th century
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POETRY -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
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Intellectual life
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Literature
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Politics and literature
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Scotland -- Intellectual life -- 19th century
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Scotland -- In literature
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Scotland
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
081317113X |
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9780813171135 |
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9780813157696 |
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0813157692 |
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