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 31
... printed for the author ' so far anonymous . 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 ...
... printed for the author ' so far anonymous . 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 ...
Page 33
... printing chapbooks . A few are still around , such as the publishing empire of Johnston Press , which runs a highly ... printed 48,000 halfpenny books followed by 12,000 penny ones . ' And on 1 May I finished my 240 reams2 of ballads ...
... printing chapbooks . A few are still around , such as the publishing empire of Johnston Press , which runs a highly ... printed 48,000 halfpenny books followed by 12,000 penny ones . ' And on 1 May I finished my 240 reams2 of ballads ...
Page 329
... printed form for Gaelic , and that despite its small size and possibly , minimal circulation ( only a ' little trout ' ) , the chap should still be considered to be a legitimate ' book ' in its own right . The ' Glasgow ' chapbook ...
... printed form for Gaelic , and that despite its small size and possibly , minimal circulation ( only a ' little trout ' ) , the chap should still be considered to be a legitimate ' book ' in its own right . The ' Glasgow ' chapbook ...
Contents
Acknowledgements ΙΟ | 9 |
The Chapmen | 41 |
The Folk in their Condition | 65 |
Copyright | |
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