Literacy and Orality in Eighteenth-Century Irish Song (Poetry and Song in the Age of Revolution)

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.

• | Author: Julie Henigan
• | Publisher: Routledge
• | Publication Date: Jan 21, 2016
• | Number of Pages: 288 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback/History
• | ISBN-10: 1138664650
• | ISBN-13: 9781138664654