The Making of Percy's Reliques

by Nick Groom

Overview

Thomas Percy's Reliques (1765) is one of the founding texts of English literature, an epoch-making collection of historical and lyrical ballads that defined the canon of popular poetry and dramatically influenced Romanticism. This is the first monograph devoted to Percy's seminal work. It unravels Percy's working methods and examines his correspondence, library, and papers.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780198184591
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	12/09/1999
Series:	Oxford English Monographs
Pages:	304
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.60(h) x 0.90(d)
Lexile:	1500L (what's this?)

About the Author

University of Exeter

Table of Contents

IntroductionThe Ballad and Literary AntiquarianismMacpherson and PercyThe Genesis of the ReliquesThe Making of the ReliquesPrinting the ReliquesConclusion

Editorial Reviews

"Groom's microbibliographical analysis....is extraordinarily detailed, yet lucid and entertaining....[He] collates with great patience Percy's letters, transcripts, annotations, and revisions."—Times Literary Supplement

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