The Spoken Word: Oral Culture in Britain, 1500-1850 - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0719057477 ISBN 13: 9780719057472

Publisher: Manchester University Press, 2003

Synopsis

Discusses the transition from a largely oral to a fundamentally literate society in the early modern period. During this period the spoken word remained of the utmost importance but development of printing and the spread of popular literacy combined to transform the nature of communication. Examines English, Scottish and Welsh Oral culture to provide the first pan-British study of the subject. Covers several aspects of oral culture ranging from tradition, to memories of the civil war, to changing mechanics for the settling of debts. The time-span concentrates on the period 1500-1800 but includes material from outside this time frame, covering a longer chronolgical span than most other studies to show the link between early modern and modern oral and literate cultures.

About this title

About the Author:

Adam Fox is Lecturer in Economic and Social History at the University of Edinburgh. Daniel Woolf is Professor of History and Dean of the Faculty of Arts at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Canada

About this edition

• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0719057477
• ISBN 13: 9780719057472
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 296
• Editor: Fox Adam, Woolf Daniel