The Spoken Word Oral Culture in Britain, 1500-1850 |
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| Editor:
| Fox, Adam
Woolf, Daniel |
| Series title: | Politics, Culture and Society in Early Modern Britain Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-7190-5747-2 |
| Publication Date: | Feb 2003 |
| Publisher: | Manchester University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $40.99 |
Book Description:
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Discussing the transition from a largely oral to a fundamentally literate society in the Early Modern period, this text examines English, Scottish and Welsh oral culture to provide a pan-British study, covering tradition, memories of the civil war, mechanics for settling debts and more.
Discussing the transition from a largely oral to a fundamentally literate society in the Early Modern period, this text examines English, Scottish and Welsh oral culture to provide a pan-British study, covering tradition, memories of the civil war, mechanics for settling debts and more.