Literacy and Orality in Eighteenth-Century Irish Song
Author | : Julie Henigan |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 283 |
Release | : 2015-10-06 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781317320685 |
ISBN-13 | : 1317320689 |
Rating | : 4/5 (85 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Literacy and Orality in Eighteenth-Century Irish Song by : Julie Henigan
Download or read book Literacy and Orality in Eighteenth-Century Irish Song written by Julie Henigan and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-10-06 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Focusing on several distinct genres of eighteenth-century Irish song, Henigan demonstrates in each case that the interaction between the elite and vernacular, the written and oral, is pervasive and characteristic of the Irish song tradition to the present day.