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The Spoken Word: Oral Culture in Britain, 1500–1850 - Politics, Culture and Society in Early Modern Britain
Daniel Woolf
The Spoken Word: Oral Culture in Britain, 1500–1850 - Politics, Culture and Society in Early Modern Britain
Daniel Woolf
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.
296 pages, Illustrations, black & white
Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
Released | February 13, 2003 |
ISBN13 | 9780719057472 |
Publishers | Manchester University Press |
Pages | 296 |
Dimensions | 234 × 156 × 21 mm · 459 g |
Language | English |
Editor | Fox, Adam |
Editor | Woolf, Daniel |