The Making of Percy's Reliques

by Nick Groom

Thomas Percy's Reliques (1765) is one of the founding texts of English literature, an epoch-making collection of historical and lyrical ballads that defined the canon of popular poetry and dramatically influenced Romanticism. This is the first monograph devoted to Percy's seminal work. It unravels Percy's working methods and examines his correspondence, library, and papers.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 019818459X
• ISBN13: 9780198184591
• Release Date: December 1999
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.5"