Political Ballads

Political Ballads

Author: W. Walker Wilkins

Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand

Published: 2022-08-03

Total Pages: 302

ISBN-13: 3375107196

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Reprint of the original, first published in 1860.


The Politics of Songs in Eighteenth-Century Britain, 1723–1795

The Politics of Songs in Eighteenth-Century Britain, 1723–1795

Author: Kate Horgan

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2015-10-06

Total Pages: 272

ISBN-13: 1317318013

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Horgan analyses the importance of songs in British eighteenth-century culture with specific reference to their political meaning. Using an interdisciplinary methodology, combining the perspectives of literary studies and cultural history, the utilitarian power of songs emerges across four major case studies.