Society and the lyric : a study of the song culture of eighteenth-century Scotland / Thomas Crawford
1979, 1st edition. Edinburgh : Scottish Academic Press. Near fine cloth copy in a very good if slightly edge-nicked and dust-toned dust-wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #440799
ISBN: 0707302277
Physical description; x, 237 pages ; 23 cm. Contents; Introductory -- Love and marriage -- Love and the upper classes -- The common pursuit -- The gentle shepherd -- Parting, elopement, love's comedy -- Work, sex and drink -- The broadside mode -- The action lyric -- Burns, love and liberty. Subjects; Burns, Robert 1759-1796. Ramsay, Allan 1686-1758. English poetry Scottish authors History and criticism. Scottish poetry 18th century History and criticism. Songs, Scots Scotland History and criticism. Manners and customs in literature.
Price: €12.95