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Oral and literate culture in England, 1500-1700 [electronic resource] / Adam Fox.
Series: Oxford studies in social history: Publisher: Oxford : Clarendon, 2000Description: 1 online resource (xi, 497 p., [12] p. of plates) : ill., facsims., ports.ISBN: 9780191698019 (ebook) :.Subject(s): Oral tradition -- England -- History -- 16th century | Oral tradition -- England -- History -- 17th century | English literature -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- History and criticism
| Popular culture -- England -- History -- 16th century | Popular culture -- England -- History -- 17th century | England -- Social life and customs -- 16th century | England -- Social life and customs -- 17th centuryAdditional Physical Form: Print version : 9780199251032DDC classification: 820.9003 Online resources: Oxford scholarship online Summary: This book explores the oral culture of early modern England. It focuses upon dialect speech and proverbial wisdom, old wives' tales and children's lore, historical legends and local customs scurrilous versifying and scandalous rumour-mongering.
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This book explores the oral culture of early modern England. It focuses upon dialect speech and proverbial wisdom, old wives' tales and children's lore, historical legends and local customs scurrilous versifying and scandalous rumour-mongering.
Description based on print version record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.