"The purest english": Ballads and the English Literary Dialect

Gromm investigates how noise defined the aesthetics of Englishness at the end of the eighteenth century and for the Romantic period, suggesting that it is possible to trace sound patterns in literature and in prints, and thereby to reconstruct certain soundscapes. Although the following account is i...

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Published inThe Eighteenth century (Lubbock) Vol. 47; no. 2/3; pp. 179 - 202
Main Author Groom, Nick
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Philadelphia Texas Tech University Press 22.06.2006
University of Pennsylvania Press
Subjects
Ballads
Bird songs
British & Irish literature
Chatterton, Thomas
Chatterton, Thomas (1752-1770)
Dialects
English language
English literature
Folklore
Folksongs
Harps
Influence
Literary criticism
Literature
Music analysis
Musical aesthetics
Musical performance
Musical register
Noise
Poetry
Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
Social change
Vocal music
United Kingdom
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Summary:Gromm investigates how noise defined the aesthetics of Englishness at the end of the eighteenth century and for the Romantic period, suggesting that it is possible to trace sound patterns in literature and in prints, and thereby to reconstruct certain soundscapes. Although the following account is itself profoundly text-based, it does attempt to consider how sounds, whether musical settings or background noise, can be articulated in literature, and how this noise may echo changing social conditions.
ISSN:0193-5380
1935-0201
1935-0201
DOI:10.1353/ecy.2007.0026