Reliques of Ancient English Poetry: Consisting of Old Heroic Ballads, Songs, and Other Pieces of our Earlier Poets: Volume 2 (Cambridge Library Collection - Literary Studies) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1108077250 ISBN 13: 9781108077255

Verlag: Cambridge University Press, 2015

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This three-volume collection of historical ballads, compiled by Thomas Percy (1729–1811), achieved great popularity upon its publication in 1765. It generated much interest in the genre, undented by Percy's oft-criticised editorial practices. Volume 2 includes a roundel which Percy ascribes to Chaucer, and verses purportedly by King Charles I.

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While visiting a friend, the writer and cleric Thomas Percy (1729–1811) noticed a neglected folio whose pages were being used by the maids to light the fire. Upon inspection, this manuscript was found to be a seventeenth-century collection of historical ballads. Following this discovery, Percy collected further ballads and songs from a number of sources, which he published in this three-volume work in 1765, although ultimately only a quarter of the texts he presented came from that original manuscript. Although this work proved to be incredibly popular, Percy's idiosyncratic editorial practices also received much criticism. The collection centres on historical ballads and romances, demonstrating the development of language, customs and traditions, to which Percy added contemporary ballads for his readers' enjoyment. Volume 2 includes a rondel which Percy ascribes to Chaucer, as well as verses purported to be by Queen Elizabeth I and King Charles I.

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• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1108077250
• ISBN 13: 9781108077255
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 382
• Herausgeber: Percy Thomas