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Book Synopsis
The book explores the identity of British agricultural labourers during a time of crisis for the British countryside. It looks at how they expressed grievances and celebrated their sexuality and way of life through songs -- .

Table of Contents

Introduction
1 What are popular
ballads and what can they tell historians
2 The language of
complaint: Ballads as social criticism
3 Ballads and poems’ condemnation of enclosure
4 “Though My Labour’s Hard Stil ‘Tis Sweet:” the celebration of the life of
work
5 Milkmaids and Ploughmen: the celebration of rural labourers’ sexuality
6 Hannah More takes on popular ballads: the effort to reform the morals of the poor
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index

Songs of Protest Songs of Love

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    Publisher: Manchester University Press
    Publication Date: 12/10/2009 12:00:00 AM
    ISBN13: 9780719078903, 978-0719078903
    ISBN10: 0719078903
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    Traditional and folk music European history

    Description

    Book Synopsis
    The book explores the identity of British agricultural labourers during a time of crisis for the British countryside. It looks at how they expressed grievances and celebrated their sexuality and way of life through songs -- .

    Table of Contents

    Introduction
    1 What are popular
    ballads and what can they tell historians
    2 The language of
    complaint: Ballads as social criticism
    3 Ballads and poems’ condemnation of enclosure
    4 “Though My Labour’s Hard Stil ‘Tis Sweet:” the celebration of the life of
    work
    5 Milkmaids and Ploughmen: the celebration of rural labourers’ sexuality
    6 Hannah More takes on popular ballads: the effort to reform the morals of the poor
    Conclusion
    Bibliography
    Index

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