The Rise of the English Street Ballad 1550-1650

The Rise of the English Street Ballad 1550-1650
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 376
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ISBN-10 : 0521177448
ISBN-13 : 9780521177443
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Download or read book The Rise of the English Street Ballad 1550-1650 written by Natascha Würzbach and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2011-03-03 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Natascha Würzbach's 1981 study of the street ballad was the first to investigate a specific genre of popular literature which had previously been vastly neglected. Attention is focused on the social and cultural conditions which accompanied its development. It is also looked at as a literary form.


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