Literary Minstrelsy, 1770-1830: Minstrels and Improvisers in British, Irish, and American Literature

by Erik Simpson

Book Overview

List of tables The Minstrel Mode The Minstrel in the World: International Minstrelsy and Sydney Owenson 'The Minstrels of Modern Italy': Corinne, Improvisation, and Minstrel Writing The Minstrel and Regency Romanticism: Beattie, Byron, and Wordsworth The Minstrel Goes to Market: Prize Poems and Minstrel Contests The 'Minstrel of the Western Continent': The Last of the Mohicans and Transatlantic Minstrelsy before Blackface Works Cited Index

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349299235
• ISBN13: 9781349299232
• Release Date: November 2008
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 215 Pages
• Weight: 0.59 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"