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


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ebook | House of Lords Library - Palace Online access | 1 | Available |
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.