Oral and literate culture in England, 1500-1700 /

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Author / Creator:	Fox, Adam, 1964-
Imprint:	Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2000.
Description:	1 online resource (xi, 497 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations
Language:	English
Series:	Oxford studies in social history Oxford studies in social history.
Subject:	English literature -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- History and criticism. Popular literature -- England -- History and criticism. Popular culture -- England -- History -- 17th century. Popular culture -- England -- History -- 16th century. Oral tradition -- England -- History -- 16th century. Oral tradition -- England -- History -- 17th century. English literature -- Early modern. Manners and customs. Oral tradition. Popular culture. Popular literature. England -- Social life and customs -- 16th century. England -- Social life and customs -- 17th century. England. Criticism, interpretation, etc. History.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11177949

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ISBN:	9780191542299 0191542296 1280445130 9781280445132 0198205120
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 414-457) and index. Print version record.
Summary:	This book explores the oral culture of early modern England. It focuses upon dialect speech and proverbial wisdom, old wives' tales and children's lore, historical legends and local customs scurrilous versifying and scandalous rumour-mongering.
Other form:	Print version: Fox, Adam, 1964- Oral and literate culture in England, 1500-1700. Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2000

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