Later English broadside ballads. Volume 2 / edited by John Holloway and Joan Black
1979, First Edition. London ; Boston : Routledge & Kegan Paul. Near fine cloth copy in a very good if somewhat sun-toned, and slightly dust- and edge-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains well-preserved overall. Item #452135
ISBN: 0710002823
Series; Later English broadside ballads ; 2. Physical description; 327 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. Notes; Contents; Abbreviations -- Introduction to Volume 2 -- The Ballads -- 1 The Ballad and its Singers -- 2 Love Songs and Narratives -- 3 Sex Tricks and the Sex War -- 4 Rambles and Rigs -- 5 Marriage -- 6 Comic Ballads -- 7 Social Life -- 8 Religion and Morals -- 9 Rural Life -- 10 Crime -- 11 The Army and the Navy -- 12 Napoleon -- 13 The State of the Nation -- 14 The Royal Family -- 15 ‘Ballads on a Subject’ -- 16 Fashion -- 17 Trades Ballads -- Select Bibliography -- Index of Titles -- Index of First Lines. Subjects; Ballads, English -- Texts. Broadsides -- England. English poetry -- 19th century. England -- Social conditions -- 19th century.
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