Singing the News: Ballads in Mid-Tudor England

by Jenni Hyde

Singing the News is the first study to concentrate on sixteenth-century ballads, when there was no regular and reliable alternative means of finding out news and information. It is a highly readable and accessible account of the important role played by ballads in spreading news during a period when discussing politics was treason. The study provides a new analytical framework for understanding the ways in which balladeers spread their messages...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367667053
• ISBN13: 9780367667054
• Release Date: September 2020
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 262 Pages