Folk in Print: Scotland's Chapbook Heritage, 1750-1850Though 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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James MacFarlan ( 1832-1862 ) was known as ' the Pedlar Poet , who , but for the utter abjectness and lack of gaiety in his constitution , might be named the François Villon of Scotland ' . He was the son of an Irish pedlar with rhyming ...
James MacFarlan ( 1832-1862 ) was known as ' the Pedlar Poet , who , but for the utter abjectness and lack of gaiety in his constitution , might be named the François Villon of Scotland ' . He was the son of an Irish pedlar with rhyming ...
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In 1849 Matthew Leitch established the Poet's Box , to be succeeded by his son William in 1859 , who , in turn , remained in business until his death in 1910. Matthew was a great self - publicist who , as the much more modest Adam ...
In 1849 Matthew Leitch established the Poet's Box , to be succeeded by his son William in 1859 , who , in turn , remained in business until his death in 1910. Matthew was a great self - publicist who , as the much more modest Adam ...
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Wilson published a Journal as a Pedlar which recorded the poetic patter with which he hoped to hook his customers : you , What muslins so curious , for uses so various A poet has here brought to sell you .
Wilson published a Journal as a Pedlar which recorded the poetic patter with which he hoped to hook his customers : you , What muslins so curious , for uses so various A poet has here brought to sell you .
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Contents
Acknowledgements | 9 |
The Folk in their Condition | 65 |
Trades and Occupations | 130 |
Copyright | |
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| Title | Folk in Print: Scotland's Chapbook Heritage, 1750-1850 |
| Author | Edward J. Cowan |
| Editors | Edward J. Cowan, Michael Paterson |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | John Donald, 2007 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 24 May 2008 |
| ISBN | 1904607519, 9781904607519 |
| Length | 438 pages |
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