Download or read book English Folk Poetry written by Roger deV. Renwick and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2016-11-11 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 inferential meanings to real, everyday lives.
Download or read book Ancient Poems Ballads and Songs of the Peasantry of England written by James Henry Dixon and published by . This book was released on 1857 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Ancient Poems Ballads and Songs of the Peasantry of England written by Various and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2019-11-25 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The title of the book explains it all, as this anthology features poems, ballads, and songs that were common to the peasant class of England beginning from the Tudor era. Some of the titles featured include 'The Plain-Dealing Man', 'Harry the Tailor', 'The Spanish Ladies', 'Begone Dull Care', 'The Trotting Horse', and 'Tobacco'.
Download or read book Old English Ballads and Folk Songs written by William Dallam Armes and published by . This book was released on 1904 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book An Anthology of Georgian Folk Poetry written by Kevin Tuite and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Included in this work are transliterations of the Georgian alphabet; an introductory chapter providing an overview of the Georgian people and their culture as well as a detailed presentation of the structure of folk poetry and its relation to music and dance; and explanatory notes accompanying the poems that furnish the reader with some of the ethnographic background needed to interpret the poems and understand the contexts in which they were composed.
Download or read book Studies in Folk song and Popular Poetry written by Alfred Mason Williams and published by . This book was released on 1894 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The New Penguin Book of English Folk Songs written by Julia Bishop and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2012-06-07 with total page 666 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the Spectator's Books of the Year 2012 'Farewell and adieu to you fair Spanish ladies Farewell and adieu to you ladies of Spain For we've received orders for to sail for old England But we hope in a short while to see you again' One of the great English popular art forms, the folk song can be painful, satirical, erotic, dramatic, rueful or funny. They have thrived when sung on a whim to a handful of friends in a pub; they have bewitched generations of English composers who have set them for everything from solo violin to full orchestra; they are sung in concerts, festivals, weddings, funerals and with nobody to hear but the singer. This magical new collection brings together all the classic folk songs as well as many lesser-known discoveries, complete with music and annotations on their original sources and meaning. Published in cooperation with the English Folk Dance and Song Society, it is a worthy successor to Ralph Vaughan Williams and A.L.Lloyd's original Penguin Book of English Folk Songs. 'Her keen eye did glitter like the bright stars by night The robe she was wearing was costly and white Her bare neck was shaded with her long raven hair And they called her pretty Susan, the pride of Kildare' In association with EFDSS, the English Folk Dance and Song Society
Download or read book Folk Song in England written by Steve Roud and published by Faber & Faber. This book was released on 2017-08-15 with total page 612 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Victorian times, England was famously dubbed the land without music - but one of the great musical discoveries of the early twentieth century was that England had a vital heritage of folk song and music which was easily good enough to stand comparison with those of other parts of Britain and overseas. Cecil Sharp, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Percy Grainger, and a number of other enthusiasts gathered a huge harvest of songs and tunes which we can study and enjoy at our leisure. But after over a century of collection and discussion, publication and performance, there are still many things we don't know about traditional song - Where did the songs come from? Who sang them, where, when and why? What part did singing play in the lives of the communities in which the songs thrived? More importantly, have the pioneer collectors' restricted definitions and narrow focus hindered or helped our understanding? This is the first book for many years to investigate the wider social history of traditional song in England, and draws on a wide range of sources to answer these questions and many more.
Download or read book English Folk song written by Cecil James Sharp and published by London : Simpkin. This book was released on 1907 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Cambridge History of English and American Literature written by and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Brazil s Folk Popular Poetry a Literatura de Cordel written by Mark J. Curran and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2010 with total page 171 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Brazil's folk-popular poetry - "a literatura de cordel," - is perhaps the most important and vibrant variant of poetry of the masses in western culture. But not many people in the English-speaking world know much about it. Written by one of the most educated scholars on the subject, Brazil's Folk-Popular Poetry - A Literatura De Cordel goes back to the craft's origins in Portugal in the 17th and 18th centuries and tells the story of how it developed and found a place in the hearts and minds of the people of Brazil. Get ready to discover: How Spain and France influenced the poetry. Beautiful narrative poetry from forgotten poets who deserve to be rediscovered. How the "cordel" spread from northeastern Brazil to the Amazon region, to Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo in the South, and later to Brasilia. Why these poems are still relevant today. And much more! Become a fan of a poetry that documents religious beliefs, views on national politics, and thoughts on morality.
Download or read book Poetry and the People written by W. Kenneth Richmond and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-12-24 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1947, Poetry and the People presents a survey of English poetry from the earliest times till 1940s, viewed from an unusual angle. It is the author’s thesis that English Poetry is unpopular, in the sense that it is not loved by the people, because the sources of its inspiration, which were originally drawn from the soil, were diverted during the Renaissance into aristocratic and academic channels. Nevertheless, the emerging traditions, though driven underground, survived in the work of such men as Burns, Hogg and Clare and in folk song. This book is a must read for scholars and researchers of English poetry and English literature.
Download or read book Folk Poetry of Modern Greece written by Roderick Beaton and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2004-05-20 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A wide-ranging study of popular poetry and songs from the end of the Byzantine Empire to the present.
Download or read book The Idiom of the People written by Cecil James Sharp and published by Greenwood. This book was released on 1976 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Old English Ballads and Folk Songs written by William Dallam Armes and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-14 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Old English Ballads and Folk Songs: Selected and Edited Das Volk dichtet on a rational basis. The English and Scottish Popular Ballads of the first (now made generally accessible by the publication by Houghton, Mifilin, and Company of the Cambridge edition under the editorial supervision of Mrs. Helen Child Sargent and Professor Kittredge) and The Beginnings of Poetry (the Macmillan Company) of the second are books that should be owned, read, and reread by every teacher of literature. And to my friend and colleague, Dr. Walter Morris Hart, whose extensive knowledge of ballads and ballad literature en abled him to give me many helpful suggestions, I grate fully express my obligations. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Dreams Wishes and Fantasies of Common Folk written by B.G. Webb and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2016-11-30 with total page 137 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This creative work probes into the workings of the minds of common folk and their pets through old photos, folk poems, and art. As they hope to find happiness by reaching for the stars in wonderful jobs and relationships, they often get lost in the cloudssome light and white, others misty and darkin coping with mental anguish, forbidden desires, and traumas. Dedicated to the lives, music, and unique sounds of Prince, Elvis Presley, and Judy Garland, this work is a sensitive and moving view into the mysteries of the minds of common folk.
Download or read book Library of Congress Subject Headings written by Library of Congress and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 1242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: