English Folk Poetry - Structure and Meaning (Hardcover)

Drawing on the long tradition of folklore study, Roger deV. Renwick examines three genres: traditional English folksongs, local songs of regional interest, and working-class poetry. In the span of time that extends from the eighteenth to the twentieth century, he finds govern world views underlying a large sampling of poems related by common language, imagery, or topic, and then shows how these world views relate to the everyday lives and beliefs of the poetry's makers and users. There is, in addition, a pattern of historical continuity that links the rural folksongs of the eighteenth century with the part-rural, part-urban local songs of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, and with the fully urban working-class poetry of the present day. English Folk Poetry is an immensely important contribution to folklore scholarship in its examination of contemporary working-class poetry, in its approach to questions of tacit meaning, and in its exploration of the relationship of inferential meanings to real, everyday lives.

General

Imprint:	University of PennsylvaniaPress
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Anniversary Collection
Release date:	July 1980
First published:	1980
Authors:	Roger deV Renwick
Dimensions:	229 x 152mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	276
ISBN-13:	978-0-8122-7777-7
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Poetry & poets > General Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > Poetry texts & anthologies > General
LSN:	0-8122-7777-5
Barcode:	9780812277777

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