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The complete poems of William Barnes. Vol. 2, Poems in the modified form of the Dorset dialect / T.L. Burton and K.K. Ruthven (eds).
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Barnes, William, 1801-1886, author.
- Series:
- Oxford scholarly editions online.
- Oxford scholarly editions online
- Standardized Title:
- Poems. Selections
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Dialect poetry, English--England--Dorset.
- Dialect poetry, English.
- Dorset (England)--Poetry.
- Dorset (England).
- England--Dorset.
- Genre:
- Poetry.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white).
- Other Title:
- Poems in the modified form of the Dorset dialect
- Place of Publication:
- [Oxford] : Oxford University Press, 2019.
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- The second of a three-volume edition of the complete poetry of nineteenth-century dialect poet William Barnes, this volume contains complete texts of all his surviving poems written in the modified form of the Dorset dialect that he used from the mid 1850s onwards.
- Contents:
- Poems of Rural Life in the Dorset Dialect
- The Song of Solomon in the Dorset Dialect from the Authorised English Version (1859): translation
- Blackmwore Maïdens
- My Orcha'd in Linden Lea
- Bishop's Caundle
- Haÿ Meäkèn-Nunchen Time
- A Father Out, an' Mother Hwome
- Riddles
- Day's Work A-Done
- Light or Sheade
- The Waggon A-Stooded.
- Notes:
- Previously issued in print: 2018.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on September 11, 2019).
- Other Format:
- Print version :
- ISBN:
- 9780191885228
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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