The politics of songs in eighteenth-century Britain, 1723-1795 / by Kate Horgan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Horgan, Kate, author.

Series:

Poetry and song in the age of revolution ; 4.

Poetry and song in the age of revolution ; 4

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political ballads and songs--Great Britain--History and criticism.

Political ballads and songs.

Hymns--18th century--Political aspects--Great Britain.

Hymns.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ix, 262 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Pickering & Chatto, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Horgan analyses the importance of songs in British eighteenth-century culture with specific reference to their political meaning. Using an interdisciplinary methodology, combining the perspectives of literary studies and cultural history, the utilitarian power of songs emerges across four major case studies. Its organizing theme derives from the story of the rescue of King Richard the Lionheart from imprisonment by the singing of his minstrel Blondel, which emerges in eighteenth-century ballad and music scholarship and again in the context of the French Revolution.<br>

Contents:

The heart of the lion : the 'princely song' and the transmission of Richard

The psalms that bind : 'Sternhold and Hopkins', the 'Old Hundredth' and the ballad

Songs as Philippics : the 'Harmodium Melos' and the 'Io Paean' of revolution

Song and pikes in Sheffield : the trial of James Montgomery.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-315-65408-3

0-367-87596-9

1-317-31801-3

1-78144-095-6

1-78144-425-0

9781315654089

OCLC:

881569188