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.

Again With One Voice
Again With One Voice

Author: Dick Holdstock

Publisher:

Published: 2021-05-15

Total Pages: 408

ISBN-13: 9781935243809

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The middle of the 18th Century saw the birth of a century of striving for political reform in England; not coincidentally, it was also the golden age of the broadside ballad ¿ inexpensive songsheets sold on the street, often targeting popular figures and spreading the word of reform efforts. Scholar and singer Dick Holdstock traces the history of this tumultuous period with a collection of 120 songs from the popular presses of the day, all with appropriate tunes, extensive commentary, and rich illustrations from contemporary publications.

W. H. Auden's Book of Light Verse
W. H. Auden's Book of Light Verse

Author: W. H. Auden

Publisher: New York Review of Books

Published: 2004-07-31

Total Pages: 604

ISBN-13: 9781590170892

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Auden's celebrated anthology of light verse is packed with surprising finds while also offering a striking rethinking of the poetic canon. Commissioned by Oxford University Press in the 1930s, when Auden's own work was at its boldest, the book caught its original publisher off guard. For it is less a collection of humorous verses than a celebration of the popular voice in English, in which the work of great satirists like Swift and Byron keeps company with ballads, chanteys, ditties, nursery rhymes, street calls, bathroom graffiti, epitaphs, folk songs, vaudeville turns, limericks, and blues. Turning away from the post-Romantic cult of the sentimental lyric, Auden features poetry that is clear, enjoyable, and, no matter its age, absolutely modern. This new edition includes previously censored poems, together with Auden's remarkable introduction and a new preface by his literary executor, Edward Mendelson.