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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Page 16
... chapbooks into five categories on the basis of their content : humorous , instructive , romantic , superstitious , and ballads and songs . The ' instructive ' category he divided into historical , biographical , religious and moral ...
... chapbooks into five categories on the basis of their content : humorous , instructive , romantic , superstitious , and ballads and songs . The ' instructive ' category he divided into historical , biographical , religious and moral ...
Page 20
... chapbooks were scattered to eagerly receptive children . Sandy Elder's bookshop in his hometown of Peebles barely concealed a milk cow behind the bookshelves , which contained catechisms , Bibles and Testaments , as well as some of the ...
... chapbooks were scattered to eagerly receptive children . Sandy Elder's bookshop in his hometown of Peebles barely concealed a milk cow behind the bookshelves , which contained catechisms , Bibles and Testaments , as well as some of the ...
Page 326
... chapbook will be discussed shortly , but if the statement holds true for all of the Gaelic chapbooks , then it would seem that financial gain was not the main , or at least not the only , concern of the printers . Remembering the Ossian ...
... chapbook will be discussed shortly , but if the statement holds true for all of the Gaelic chapbooks , then it would seem that financial gain was not the main , or at least not the only , concern of the printers . Remembering the Ossian ...
Contents
Acknowledgements ΙΟ | 9 |
The Chapmen | 41 |
The Folk in their Condition | 65 |
Copyright | |
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