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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... An Lasair so interesting and important , including as it does material such as this which would have previously have been considered too coarse for inclusion in a book of poetry . The general theme of these four poems fills a gap in ...
... An Lasair so interesting and important , including as it does material such as this which would have previously have been considered too coarse for inclusion in a book of poetry . The general theme of these four poems fills a gap in ...
Contents
Acknowledgements | 9 |
The Chapmen | 41 |
The Folk in their Condition | 65 |
Copyright | |
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