William Motherwell's Cultural Politics: 1797-1835

by Mary Ellen Brown

"""This is ballad scholarship at its best."-Wilhelm F. Nicolaisen William Motherwell (l797-l835), journalist, poet, man-of-letters, wit, civil servant, and outspoken conservative, published his anthology of ballads, Minstrelsy: Ancient and Modern, in l827. His views on authenticity, editorial practice, the nature of oral transmission, and the importance of sung performance--acquired through field collecting--anticipate much later scholarly discourse...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813121884
• ISBN13: 9780813121888
• Release Date: May 2001
• Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"