Songs and Verse of the North-East Pitmen c.1780-1844 Hardback
Edited by Dave Harker
Part of the Publications of the Surtees Society series
Hardback
Description
This volume contains 122 carefully-edited manuscripts and printed texts written about, for, on behalf of and by pit-village men and women, accompanied by notes, indices and a bibliography.
In the introduction, the editor argues that the original pit-village texts present a challenge to conventional historical accounts.
It also demonstrates how they were mediated by William Daniells, the 1840s `Miners' Advocate' editor, who acted as a cultural and politicalcensor of strikers' writing; and by the mid-twentieth-century Stalinist `folklorist', A.L.
Lloyd, who published altered versions to fit his concept of `industrial folksong'.
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- Format:Hardback
- Pages:344 pages
- Publisher:Surtees Society
- Publication Date:13/03/2000
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- ISBN:9780854440610
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:344 pages
- Publisher:Surtees Society
- Publication Date:13/03/2000
- Category:
- ISBN:9780854440610
