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Author Fox, Adam, 1964-

Title Oral and literate culture in England, 1500-1700 / Adam Fox.

Publication Info. Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2000.

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 497 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations.
text file
Series Oxford studies in social history
Oxford studies in social history.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 414-457) and index.
Summary This book explores the oral culture of early modern England. It focuses upon dialect speech and proverbial wisdom, old wives' tales and children's lore, historical legends and local customs scurrilous versifying and scandalous rumour-mongering.
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Subject Popular literature -- England -- History and criticism.
Popular literature.
England.
Chronological Term 1500-1700
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Other Form: Print version: Fox, Adam, 1964- Oral and literate culture in England, 1500-1700. Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2000 (DLC) 2001274217
ISBN 9780191542299 (electronic book)
0191542296 (electronic book)
1280445130
9781280445132
0198205120 (Cloth)