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" William Motherwell's cultural politics / "
Mary Ellen Brown.
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BL
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1025358
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b779728
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Brown, Mary Ellen,1939-
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William Motherwell's cultural politics /\ Mary Ellen Brown.
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| Publication Statement
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Lexington, Ky. :: University Press of Kentucky,, ©2001.
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1 online resource (xii, 265 pages) :: illustrations
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0813157692
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: 081317113X
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: 9780813171135
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0813121884
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9780813121888
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-256) and index.
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| Contents
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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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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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Motherwell, William,1797-1835-- Criticism and interpretation.
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Motherwell, William,1797-1835.
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Politics and literature-- Scotland-- History-- 19th century.
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Intellectual life.
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Literature.
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POETRY-- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
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Politics and literature.
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Scotland, In literature.
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Scotland, Intellectual life, 19th century.
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Scotland.
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| Dewey Classification
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821/.7
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PR5101.M3Z59 2001eb
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