The politics of songs in eighteenth-century Britain, 1723-1795 / / by Kate Horgan [[electronic resource]]

• Autore: Horgan Kate
• Pubblicazione: London : , : Pickering & Chatto, , 2014
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (ix, 262 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
• Disciplina: 809.1/44094109033
• Soggetto topico: Political ballads and songs - Great Britain - History and criticism; Hymns - Political aspects - Great Britain - History - 18th century
• Soggetto geografico: Great Britain
• Soggetto genere / forma: Criticism, interpretation, etc.
• Note generali: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015).
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: The heart of the lion : the 'princely song' and the transmission of Richard -- The psalms that bind : 'Sternhold and Hopkins', the 'Old Hundredth' and the ballad -- Songs as Philippics : the 'Harmodium Melos' and the 'Io Paean' of revolution -- Song and pikes in Sheffield : the trial of James Montgomery.
• Sommario/riassunto: Horgan analyses the importance of songs in British eighteenth-century culture with specific reference to their political meaning. Using an interdisciplinary methodology, combining the perspectives of literary studies and cultural history, the utilitarian power of songs emerges across four major case studies. Its organizing theme derives from the story of the rescue of King Richard the Lionheart from imprisonment by the singing of his minstrel Blondel, which emerges in eighteenth-century ballad and music scholarship and again in the context of the French Revolution.<br>
• Titolo autorizzato: The politics of songs in eighteenth-century Britain, 1723-1795
• ISBN: 1-315-65408-3; 0-367-87596-9; 1-317-31801-3; 1-78144-095-6; 1-78144-425-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910821382403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Poetry and song in the age of revolution ; ; 4.