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A Book of Scattered Leaves: Poetry of Poverty in Broadside Ballads of Nineteenth-Century England

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The second volume of this study and anthology otters sixty-four broadside ballads divided into eight groups: beggars, children on the street, poor people in work, poor people in love, etc. Each section is ordered chronologically and has an introductory survey. It includes substantial commentaries on many ballads, including factual and literary backgrounds, printing histories, and a listing of 1,200 broadside ballads on poverty.

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A Book of Scattered Leaves: Poetry of Poverty in Broadside Ballads of Nineteenth-Century England 2002, Bucknell University Press

ISBN-13: 9780838754726

Hardcover