The Making of Percy's Reliques

ISBN-13: 9780198184591 / Angielski / Twarda / 1999 / 304 str.

Nick Groom

Opis

Thomas Percy's Reliques (1765) is one of the founding texts of English literature, an epoch-making collection of historical and lyrical ballads that defined the canon of popular poetry and dramatically influenced Romanticism. This is the first monograph devoted to Percy's seminal work. It unravels Percy's working methods and examines his correspondence, library, and papers.

Recenzje

This is an important book, both in its specific area and as a contribution to continuing debates on the complex affinities between antiquarianism and its own materials

O autorze

Lecturer in English, University of Exeter, 1994