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Reliques of Ancient English Poetry Thomas Percy

Reliques of Ancient English Poetry By Thomas Percy

Reliques of Ancient English Poetry by Thomas Percy


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This three-volume collection of historical ballads, compiled by Thomas Percy (1729-1811), achieved great popularity upon its publication in 1765. It generated much interest in the genre, undented by Percy's oft-criticised editorial practices. Volume 1 includes 'The Ballad of Chevy Chase', 'The Jew's Daughter', and a ballad of Robin Hood.

Reliques of Ancient English Poetry Summary

Reliques of Ancient English Poetry: Consisting of Old Heroic Ballads, Songs, and Other Pieces of our Earlier Poets by Thomas Percy

While visiting a friend, the writer and cleric Thomas Percy (1729-1811) noticed a neglected folio whose pages were being used by the maids to light the fire. Upon inspection, this manuscript was found to be a seventeenth-century collection of historical ballads. Following this discovery, Percy collected further ballads and songs from a number of sources, which he published in this three-volume work in 1765, although ultimately only a quarter of the texts he presented came from that original manuscript. Although this work proved to be incredibly popular, Percy's idiosyncratic editorial practices also received much criticism. The collection centres on historical ballads and romances, demonstrating the development of language, customs and traditions, to which Percy added contemporary ballads for his readers' enjoyment. Volume 1 contains texts such as 'The Ancient Ballad of Chevy Chase' and 'The Jew's Daughter', as well as ballads which influenced or illuminate the work of Shakespeare.

Table of Contents

Dedication; Preface; Essay on the ancient English minstrels; Part I: 1. The ancient ballad of Chevy-Chase; 2. The battle of Otterbourne; 3. The Jew's daughter; 4. Sir Cauline; 5. Edward, Edward; 6. King Estmere; 7. Sir Patrick Spence; 8. Robin Hood and Guy of Gisborne; 9. The tower of doctrine; 10. The child of Elle; 11. Edom o' Gordon; 12. An elegy on Henry, fourth earl of Northumberland; Part II. Ballads that illustrate Shakespeare: 1. Adam Bell, Clym of the Clough, and William of Cloudesly; 2. The aged lover renounces love; 3. A song top the lute in musicke; 4. King Cophetua and the beggar-maid; 5. Take thy old cloak about thee; 6. Willow, willow, willow; 7. Sir Lancelot du Lake; 8. Corydon's farewell to Phillis; 9. Gernutus the Jew of Venice; 10. The passionate shepherd to his love; 11. Titus Andronicus's complaint; 12. Take those lips away; 13. King Leir and his three daughters; 14. Youth and age; 15. The frolicksome duke; 16. The friar of orders gray; Part III: 1. The more modern ballad of Chevy Chace; 2. Death's final conquest; 3. The rising in the north; 4. Northumberland betrayed by Douglas; 5. My mind to me a kingdom is; 6. The patient countess; 7. You meaner beautyes; 8. Dowsabell; 9. The farewell to love; 10. Ulysses and the syren; 11. Cupid's pastime; 12. The character of a happy life; 13. Unfading beauty; 14. Gilderoy; 15. Winifreda; 16. Jemmy Dawson; 17. The witch of Wokey; 18. Bryan and Pereene; 19. Gentle river, gentle river; 20. Alcanzor and Zayda; Glossary.

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NLS9781108077248
9781108077248
1108077242
Reliques of Ancient English Poetry: Consisting of Old Heroic Ballads, Songs, and Other Pieces of our Earlier Poets by Thomas Percy
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Paperback
Cambridge University Press
2015-01-29
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