Oral and literate culture in England, 1500-1700 / Adam Fox
- Bib ID:
- 2387968
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Fox, Adam, 1964-
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- Description:
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- Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2000
- xi, 497 p., [12] p. of plates : ill. ; 23 cm.
- ISBN:
- 0198205120
- Series:
- Oxford studies in social history.
- Summary:
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"This book explores the varied vernacular forms and rich oral traditions which were such a part of popular culture in early modern England. It focuses, in particular, upon dialect speech and proverbial wisdom, "old wives' tales" and children's lore, historical legends and local customs, scurrilous versifying and scandalous rumour-mongering.".
"Adam Fox argues that while the spoken word provides the most vivid insight into the mental world of the majority in this society, it was by no means untouched by written influences. Even at the beginning of the period, centuries of reciprocal infusion between these complementary media had created a cultural repertoire which had long since ceased to be purely oral. Thereafter, the growth of reading ability together with the proliferation of texts both in manuscript and print saw the rapid acceleration and elaboration of this process. By 1700 popular traditions and modes of expression were the product of a fundamentally literate environment to a much greater extent than has yet been appreciated."--BOOK JACKET.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [414]-457) and index.
- Subject:
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- English literature -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- History and criticism
- Popular literature -- England -- History and criticism
- Popular culture -- England -- History -- 17th century
- Popular culture -- England -- History -- 16th century
- Oral tradition -- England -- History -- 16th century
- Oral tradition -- England -- History -- 17th century
- England -- Social life and customs -- 16th century
- England -- Social life and customs -- 17th century
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- Creator Date of Death is Before 1955
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- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Presumed date of death of creator (latest date):
- 1791
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1768
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