Singing the News - Ballads in Mid-Tudor England (Hardcover)

Singing the News is the first study to concentrate on sixteenth-century ballads, when there was no regular and reliable alternative means of finding out news and information. It is a highly readable and accessible account of the important role played by ballads in spreading news during a period when discussing politics was treason. The study provides a new analytical framework for understanding the ways in which balladeers spread their messages to the masses. Jenni Hyde focusses on the melody as much as the words, showing how music helped to shape the understanding of texts. Music provided an emotive soundtrack to words which helped to shape sixteenth-century understandings of gendered monarchy, heresy and the social cohesion of the commonwealth. By combining the study of ballads in manuscript and print with sources such as letters and state records, the study shows that when their topics edged too close to sedition, balladeers were more than capable of using sophisticated methods to disguise their true meaning in order to safeguard themselves and their audience, and above all to ensure that their news hit home.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Material Readings in Early Modern Culture
Release date:	February 2018
First published:	2018
Authors:	Jenni Hyde
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	262
ISBN-13:	978-1-138-55347-7
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > Western music, periods & styles > Medieval & Renaissance music (c 1000 to c 1600) Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > 16th to 18th centuries Books > Music > Western music, periods & styles > Medieval & Renaissance music (c 1000 to c 1600) Promotions
LSN:	1-138-55347-6
Barcode:	9781138553477

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