{"product_id":"reliques-of-ancient-english-poetry-consisting-of-old-heroic-ballads-songs-and-other-pieces-of-our-earlier-poets-paperback-9781108077262","title":"Reliques of Ancient English Poetry; Consisting of Old Heroic Ballads, Songs, and Other Pieces of our Earlier Poets (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108077262","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eReliques of Ancient English Poetry\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eConsisting of Old Heroic Ballads, Songs, and Other Pieces of our Earlier Poets\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis three-volume collection of historical ballads, compiled from multiple sources, achieved great popularity upon its publication in 1765.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eThomas Percy (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108077262, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 29 January 2015\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e404 pages, 5 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 13.9 x 2.4 cm, 0.55 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eWhile 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 3 includes ballads of Sir Gawain, King Arthur and St George and the Dragon, and contains the additions and corrections to all three volumes.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePart I: 1. The boy and the mantle\u003cbr\u003e 2. The marriage of Sir Gawaine\u003cbr\u003e 3. King Ryence's challenge\u003cbr\u003e 4. King Arthur's death, a fragment\u003cbr\u003e 5. The legend of King Arthur\u003cbr\u003e 6. A dittye to hey downe\u003cbr\u003e 7. Glasgerion\u003cbr\u003e 8. Old Sir Robin of Portingale\u003cbr\u003e 9. The gaberlunzie man, a Scottish song\u003cbr\u003e 10. Child waters\u003cbr\u003e 11. Phillida and Corydon\u003cbr\u003e 12. Little Musgrave and Lady Barnard\u003cbr\u003e 13. The ew-bughts Marrion, a Scottish song\u003cbr\u003e 14. The knight and shepherd's daughter\u003cbr\u003e 15. The shepherd's address to his muse\u003cbr\u003e 16. Lord Thomas and fair Ellinor\u003cbr\u003e 17. Cupid and Campaspe\u003cbr\u003e 18. The lady turned servingman\u003cbr\u003e 19. Gil Morrice\u003cbr\u003e Part II: 1. Legend of Sir Guy\u003cbr\u003e 2. Guy and Amarant\u003cbr\u003e 3. The shepherd's resolution\u003cbr\u003e 4. Fair Margaret and sweet William\u003cbr\u003e 5. Barbara Allen's cruelty\u003cbr\u003e 6. Sweet William's ghost, a Scottish ballad\u003cbr\u003e 7. Sir John Grehme and Barbara Allen, ditto\u003cbr\u003e 8. The bailiff's daughter of Islington\u003cbr\u003e 9. The willow tree, a pastoral dialogue\u003cbr\u003e 10. The lady's fall\u003cbr\u003e 11. Waly, waly, love be bonny, a Scottish song\u003cbr\u003e 12. The wanton wife of Bath\u003cbr\u003e 13. The auld good man, a Scottish song\u003cbr\u003e 14. Lady Isabella's tragedy\u003cbr\u003e 15. A hue and cry after Cupid\u003cbr\u003e 16. The king of France's daughter\u003cbr\u003e 17. The sweet neglect\u003cbr\u003e 18. The children in the wood\u003cbr\u003e 19. A lover of late was I\u003cbr\u003e 20. The king and the miller of Mansfield\u003cbr\u003e 21. Dulcina\u003cbr\u003e 22. The wandering prince of Troy\u003cbr\u003e 23. The witches song\u003cbr\u003e 24. Robin Good-fellow\u003cbr\u003e 25. The fairy queen\u003cbr\u003e 26. The fairies farewell\u003cbr\u003e Part III: 1. The birth of St George\u003cbr\u003e [2.] George Barnwell\u003cbr\u003e 2. St George and the dragon\u003cbr\u003e 3. Love will find out the way\u003cbr\u003e 4. The baffled knight, or lady's policy\u003cbr\u003e 5. Why so pale\u003cbr\u003e 6. The Spanish virgin, or effects of jealousy\u003cbr\u003e 7. The aspiring shepherd\u003cbr\u003e 8. Constant Penelope\u003cbr\u003e 9. To Lucasta, on going to the wars\u003cbr\u003e 10. Valentine and Ursine\u003cbr\u003e 11. The dragon of Wantley\u003cbr\u003e 12. St George for England, the first part\u003cbr\u003e 13. St George for England, the second part\u003cbr\u003e 14. Lucy and Colin\u003cbr\u003e 15. Margaret's ghost\u003cbr\u003e 16. The boy and the mantle, revised\u003cbr\u003e Glossary\u003cbr\u003e Additional notes to Volume 1\u003cbr\u003e Additional notes to Volume 2\u003cbr\u003e Additional notes to Volume 3\u003cbr\u003e Errata\u003cbr\u003e To the binder.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Literary studies: general [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literary studies: general\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literary%20studies:%20general%20%5BDSB%5D%22\"\u003eDSB\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46266195050776,"sku":"9781108077262","price":35.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108077262i.jpg?v=1696751629","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/reliques-of-ancient-english-poetry-consisting-of-old-heroic-ballads-songs-and-other-pieces-of-our-earlier-poets-paperback-9781108077262","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}