Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-256) and index.
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Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents ; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Toward a Biographical Social History; Chapter 1: Gulielmus Motherwell, Willyan Moderwell, William Motherwell; Chapter 2: Politics; Chapter 3: The Poet; Chapter 4: The Ballad Errantry; Chapter 5: The Death of Literature; Chapter 6: Les Bons Mots; Chapter 7: Play; Chapter 8: But Who Was William Motherwell?; Appendix 1: Informants and Items; Appendix 2: Drafts on Variation; Appendix 3: Memoirs of a Paisley Bail; Appendix 4: Motherwell's Affiliations and Associates.
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Appendix 5: Annotations Relating to Motherwell's AssociatesNotes; Bibliography; Index.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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William Motherwell (1797-1835), journalist, poet, man-of-letters, wit, civil servant, and outspoken conservative, published his anthology of ballads, Minstrelsy: Ancient and Modern, in 1827. 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.Published after the death of Burns and the publication of Scott's Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border, ballads such as those Motherwell collected were one focus of a loose-knit movement that might be designated, c.
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Title
William Motherwell's cultural politics.
International Standard Book Number
0813121884
PERSONAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Motherwell, William,1797-1835-- Criticism and interpretation.
Motherwell, William,1797-1835.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Politics and literature-- Scotland-- History-- 19th century.