English Folk Poetry: Structure and Meaning (Anniversary Collection) by Renwick, Roger deV

University of Pennsylvania Press. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Univ of Pennsylvania Pr, 1980-10. Hardcover. Used: Good.

University of Pennsylvania Press Anniversary Collection. Used - Good. Good condition. Good dust jacket. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

Univ. of Pennsylvania Pr, 1980. Hardcover. VG+ in VG- dust jacket. Heather blue cloth hardcover, light shelf wear, clean and tightly bound; contents bright, clean and unmarked. Some wear to dust jacket edges, light soiling

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Univ of Pennsylvania Pr, 1980. Hardcover. New. 290 pages. 6.00x0.69x9.00 inches.

Hardback. New. Drawing on the long tradition of folklore study, Roger deV. Renwick examines three genres: traditional English folksongs, local songs of regional interest, and working-class poetry. In the span of time that extends from the eighteenth to the twentieth century, he finds govern world views underlying a large sampling of poems related by common language, imagery, or topic, and then shows how these world views relate to the everyday lives and beliefs of the poetry's makers and users. There is, in addition, a pattern of historical continuity that links the rural folksongs of the eighteenth century with the part-rural, part-urban local songs of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, and with the fully urban working-class poetry of the present day. English Folk Poetry is an immensely important contribution to folklore scholarship in its examination of contemporary working-class poetry, in its approach to questions of tacit meaning, and in its exploration of the relationship of… Read More