Songs and Verse of the North-East Pitmen c.1780-1844: (Publications of the Surtees Society)
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Dave Harker (Contributor)
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This volume contains 122 carefully-edited manuscripts and printed texts written about, for, on behalf of and by pit-village men and women, accompanied by notes, indices and a bibliography. In the introduction, the editor argues that the original pit-village texts present a challenge to conventional historical accounts. It also demonstrates how they were mediated by William Daniells, the 1840s `Miners' Advocate' editor, who acted as a cultural and politicalcensor of strikers' writing; and by the mid-twentieth-century Stalinist `folklorist', A.L. Lloyd, who published altered versions to fit his concept of `industrial folksong'.
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- Contributor: Dave Harker
- Imprint: Surtees Society
- ISBN13: 9780854440610
- Number of Pages: 344
- Packaged Dimensions: 138x216mm
- Packaged Weight: 1
- Format: Hardback
- Publisher: Surtees Society
- Release Date: 1999-01-01
- Series: Publications of the Surtees Society
- Binding: Hardback
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