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Record Nr.

UNINA9910154987203321

Autore

Jackson-Houlston C. M (Caroline Mary), <1950-, >

Titolo

Ballads, songs and snatches : the appropriation of folk song and popular culture in British nineteenth-century realist prose / / C.M. Jackson-Houlston

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2016

ISBN

1-351-95605-1

1-138-27206-X

1-315-26177-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (234 pages)

Collana

The nineteenth century series

Disciplina

809.39357

Soggetti

English fiction - 19th century - History and criticism

Literature and folklore - Great Britain - History - 19th century

Folk songs, English - Great Britain - History and criticism

Ballads, English - Great Britain - History and criticism

Popular culture in literature

Folk songs in literature

Folklore in literature

Realism in literature

Intertextuality

Allusions

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published 1999 by Ashgate Publishing.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Introduction -- 2. Scott -- 3. Scott's contemporaries -- 4. Scott's legacy, and three muscular Christians -- 5. Gaskell -- 6. Dickens and Thackeray -- 7. Jefferies -- 8. Hardy -- 9. Conclusion.