The Routledge Companion to English Folk Performance (Routledge Companions)

Synopsis

This broad-based collection of essays is an introduction both to the concerns of contemporary folklore scholarship and to the variety of forms that folk performance has taken throughout English history. Combining case studies of specific folk practices with discussion of the various different lenses through which they have been viewed since becoming the subject of concerted study in Victorian times, this book builds on the latest work in an ever-growing body of contemporary folklore scholarship. Many of the contributing scholars are also practicing performers and bring experience and understanding of performance to their analyses and critiques. Chapters range across the spectrum of folk song, music, drama and dance, but maintain a focus on the key defining characteristics of folk performance – custom and tradition – in a full range of performances, from carol singing and sword dancing to playground rhymes and mummers' plays. As well as being an essential reference for folklorists and scholars of traditional performance and local history, this is a valuable resource for readers in all disciplines of dance, drama, song and music whose work coincides with English folk traditions.

Copyright:

2021

Book Details

Book Quality:

Publisher Quality

Book Size:

596 Pages

ISBN-13:

9781000401592

Related ISBNs:

9780367279929, 9780429299063, 9781032021966

Publisher:

Taylor and Francis

Date of Addition:

07/13/21

Copyrighted By:

selection and editorial matter, Peter Harrop and Steve Roud

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

Has Image Descriptions:

No

Categories:

History, Entertainment, Nonfiction, Art and Architecture, Drama, Plays and Theater, Music

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Bookshare Staff

Usage Restrictions:

This is a copyrighted book.

Edited by:

Peter Harrop

Edited by:

Steve Roud