Reliques of Ancient English Poetry
Consisting of Old Heroic Ballads, Songs, and Other Pieces of our Earlier Poets
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19906557 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Thomas 1729- Percy (corresponding author) |
| Editors | Thomas Percy |
| Year | 2015 |
| Publication date | 2015-01-29 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | BOOK |
| Venue | Reliques of Ancient English Poetry : Volume 2 (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1017/cbo9781139878678 |
| OpenAlex | W4300867960 |
| ISBN | 9781139878678 |
| Open Library | OL34559684M |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
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 2 includes a rondel which Percy ascribes to Chaucer, as well as verses purported to be by Queen Elizabeth I and King Charles I
Archaeology · Art · Ballad · Folio · Literature · Poetry · Quarter (Canadian coin) · Queen (butterfly) · Classics · History · Irish and British Studies · Joseph Conrad and Literature · Medieval Literature and History
| Citations per year | 0.13 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2018 - 2018 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |