Folk in Print: Scotland's Chapbook Heritage, 1750-1850John Donald, 2007 - 438 pages Though they represent a great unmined treasure-trove of history, literature and popular culture, chapbooks have been incomprehensibly and disgracefully ignored. This title presents a study of this form of publication. |
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... Poems vol . 2 , 163 ) But when I am for quietness , She rattles like a drum . ( Scots Magazine , December 1821 ... poem entitled Hallowe'en in 1780. All of these poems have been distinguished as belonging to the ' Christis Kirk ...
... Poems vol . 2 , 163 ) But when I am for quietness , She rattles like a drum . ( Scots Magazine , December 1821 ... poem entitled Hallowe'en in 1780. All of these poems have been distinguished as belonging to the ' Christis Kirk ...
Page 325
... poem where it appears in Watson's anthology ( 172-6 ) . As Watson does not list this chapbook among his sources , we must presume that at least one of the manuscripts that he used for his edition of the poem contained the same long ...
... poem where it appears in Watson's anthology ( 172-6 ) . As Watson does not list this chapbook among his sources , we must presume that at least one of the manuscripts that he used for his edition of the poem contained the same long ...
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... poem is presented as a series of female voices dis- cussing how much they enjoy sex and praising their partners ' prowess , to my mind , the poem reads less like an educational piece for his daughters and more like a rude song his sons ...
... poem is presented as a series of female voices dis- cussing how much they enjoy sex and praising their partners ' prowess , to my mind , the poem reads less like an educational piece for his daughters and more like a rude song his sons ...
Contents
Acknowledgements ΙΟ | 9 |
The Folk in their Condition | 65 |
Trades and Occupations | 130 |
Copyright | |
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