Michael J Preston
Biographic Data
| ID | 702534 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Michael J Preston |
| GIVEN NAMES | Michael J |
| FAMILY NAME | Preston |
| SIGNATURE | PRESTON M J |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 11 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 14 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1971 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The Peace Egg Book
This article reports on the discovery of a copy of The Peace Egg Book , a previously unknown chapbook printed in Manchester, UK. The chapbook, which has an Irish text, is set within the contexts of printing and of the Irish community in mid-nineteenth-century Manchester. The textual links between The Peace Egg Book and the Belfast Christmas Rhime Books are analysed, as are the parallels to an Irish-influenced oral tradition set out in a manuscrip…
Traditional Humor from the Fax Machine
The English Literal Rebus and the Graphic Riddle Tradition
Urban Folklore from Colorado
The Lost Chapbooks
E VERY substantial discussion of the traditional drama of the British Isles seems inevitably to introduce some consideration of the role of the chapbook versions of these texts which are known to have circulated during the last 200 years.' The question of the printed versions real or supposed relationship to the oral tradition of such plays has, however, never been determined. This is primarily because no attempt has ever been made to work out sy…
Gesture Jokes
A Year of Political Jokes (June 1973-June 1974); Or, The Silent Majority Speaks out
A Note on Visual Polack Jokes
British Folk Play Chapbooks
Colorado State Income Tax Parody
The Traditional Ringing at Temple Buell College
Olympia Beer Comes to Colorado
The Revesby Sword Play
THE Sword Play, entitled Morrice Dancers at Revesby and dated October 20, 1779, in the manuscript, has had a major influence on those concerned with folk drama and those attempting to relate this tradition to pre-Shakespearean drama. The play was first noted by Henry Ellis in 1813 in his revision of Brand's Popular Antiquities, in which we find a brief description-probably paraphrased from the manuscript-a listing of the dramatis personae, and a …
The British Folk Play
Traditional Humor from the Fax Machine
The English Literal Rebus and the Graphic Riddle Tradition
The Peace Egg Book
This article reports on the discovery of a copy of The Peace Egg Book , a previously unknown chapbook printed in Manchester, UK. The chapbook, which has an Irish text, is set within the contexts of printing and of the Irish community in mid-nineteenth-century Manchester. The textual links between The Peace Egg Book and the Belfast Christmas Rhime Books are analysed, as are the parallels to an Irish-influenced oral tradition set out in a manuscrip…
The British Folk Play
The Revesby Sword Play
THE Sword Play, entitled Morrice Dancers at Revesby and dated October 20, 1779, in the manuscript, has had a major influence on those concerned with folk drama and those attempting to relate this tradition to pre-Shakespearean drama. The play was first noted by Henry Ellis in 1813 in his revision of Brand's Popular Antiquities, in which we find a brief description-probably paraphrased from the manuscript-a listing of the dramatis personae, and a …
A Note on Visual Polack Jokes
British Folk Play Chapbooks
Colorado State Income Tax Parody
The Traditional Ringing at Temple Buell College
Olympia Beer Comes to Colorado
Gesture Jokes
A Year of Political Jokes (June 1973-June 1974); Or, The Silent Majority Speaks out
The Lost Chapbooks
E VERY substantial discussion of the traditional drama of the British Isles seems inevitably to introduce some consideration of the role of the chapbook versions of these texts which are known to have circulated during the last 200 years.' The question of the printed versions real or supposed relationship to the oral tradition of such plays has, however, never been determined. This is primarily because no attempt has ever been made to work out sy…
Urban Folklore from Colorado
The English Literal Rebus and the Graphic Riddle Tradition
Traditional Humor from the Fax Machine
The Peace Egg Book
This article reports on the discovery of a copy of The Peace Egg Book , a previously unknown chapbook printed in Manchester, UK. The chapbook, which has an Irish text, is set within the contexts of printing and of the Irish community in mid-nineteenth-century Manchester. The textual links between The Peace Egg Book and the Belfast Christmas Rhime Books are analysed, as are the parallels to an Irish-influenced oral tradition set out in a manuscrip…
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