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Charles Hindley
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R1,321
Discovery Miles 13 210
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Charles Hindley (d.1893) wrote several books on British popular
literature including Curiosities of Street Literature and a history
of the cries of London. This book, first published in a limited
edition in 1869 but here reprinted from the 1886 edition, tells the
colourful story of John (1769 1813) and James (1792 1842) Catnach,
the father-and-son printers who were leaders in the expanding
market for cheap publications for the masses. John's contribution
was to start using real paper and printer's ink instead of the
cheap substitutes current at the time. He was also noted for
embellishing his work with great technical skill. James later
developed a successful business printing cheap song-sheets, ballads
and sensationalist accounts of crimes, conspiracies and scandals,
and was able to support his widowed mother and his sisters on the
proceeds. This lively biography is illustrated with numerous
woodcuts, many from Catnach's publications.
Broadsheet papers were a popular forerunner of the tabloid
newspaper, providing sensational descriptions of current events,
especially violent crimes, executions and political scandal.
Illustrated with satirical cartoons and often recounting stories in
verse, the legacy of broadsheets can be seen in later publications
such as Private Eye. This book, first published in 1871 by Charles
Hindley (d. 1893), is a collection of notable and popular extracts
from broadsheets, such as those produced by James Catnach. Although
a wide variety of subjects were covered, including natural
disasters, elopements, Parliamentary business and royal events,
broadsheets were at their most profitable and lurid when reporting
crime stories. Included in this text are accounts of famous cases
such as Burke and Hare, child-killer Constance Kent and the Red
Barn Murder. The book is an invaluable resource for social
historians and provides fascinating insights into the Victorian
media and the origins of today's mass media.
James Catnach (1792-1841) became famous for publishing satirical
ballads and sensational accounts of famous murders in his daily
broadsheets, first printed in his own home in Seven Dials, London.
Capitalising on the turbulent times, Catnach grew rich on producing
lurid descriptions of crimes and the trials and executions that
followed them. His imagination occasionally over-stepped the mark;
he was once jailed for libel after claiming that a local butcher
made his sausages from human flesh. This sympathetic and
entertaining biography of Catnach, first published in 1878 by
London raconteur Charles Hindley (d. 1893), describes Catnach's
rise to prominence and features numerous reproductions of his
ballads and stories. It is a fascinating tale encompassing the
development of early forms of mass media and the wider political
and social currents of the time, and provides invaluable insights
into popular culture in nineteenth-century London.
Charles Hindley (d.1893) wrote and edited many books on British
popular literature and culture, including Curiosities of Street
Literature (1871), Tavern Anecdotes and Sayings (1875) and The
History of the Catnach Press (1886, also reissued in this series).
This 1881 study traces the distinctive 'cries' of street traders in
London from the time of Chaucer to the Victorian period and
maintains Hindley's characteristic focus on people rather than mere
facts. His use of nearly two hundred woodcuts, including many by
Bewick, and his discussion of them at the beginning of the text,
testifies to his enthusiasm for the printing press. Using evidence
from 'broadsides, books or engravings', music and drama, Hindley
vividly portrays the sights and sounds of the streets of London
from many different periods, describing the vendors to be found in
particular locations, and merchandise from cherries to
ballad-sheets, shellfish to lavender, and scissors to ink.
William West (1770-1854) was a bookseller and antiquarian who wrote
a series of articles about his experiences in the book trade. In
1825, West published a collection of alehouse jokes, stories and
trivia under the pseudonym 'One Of the Old School'. This edition is
an expanded version, edited and annotated by popular writer Charles
Hindley (d. 1893) and first published in 1875. A boozy, more
whimsical cousin to Ambrose Bierce's 1906 The Devil's Dictionary,
the book features playful definitions of tavern slang and
terminology. In addition to witty stories and puns, there is also a
wealth of information about the origins of pub names, the origins
of alcohol and its regulation under the law. This is a dry and
humorous text which still possesses the power to amuse, but also
contains rich detail about contemporary culture and society,
including insights on Fleet Street, the military and colonial
Britain.
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Curiosities Of Street Literature - Comprising "Cocks", Or "Catchpennies", A Large And Curious Assortment Of Street-Drolleries, Squibs, Histories, Comic Tales In Prose And Verse, Broadsides On The Royal Family, Political Litanies, Dialogues, Catechisms, Act (Paperback)
Charles Hindley
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R495
Discovery Miles 4 950
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