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Author:

McGeachy, M. G. (Margaret G.)

Title:

Lonesome words : the vocal poetics of the Old English lament and the African-American blues song / M.G. McGeachy.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

Palgrave Macmillan,

Copyright Date:

2006

Description:

182 p. ; 22 cm.

Subject:

Elegiac poetry, English (Old)--History and criticism.
Laments--England--History and criticism.
American poetry--History and criticism.--History and criticism.
African Americans--History and criticism.--History and criticism.--Songs and music.
Comparative literature--English (Old) and American.
Comparative literature--American and English (Old)
Oral tradition--England--History--To 1500.
Blues (Music)--History and criticism.
Oral tradition--United States
Loneliness in literature

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [169]-177) and index.

Series:

The new Middle Ages

ISBN:

9781403962911
140396291X (alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)62127957

LCCN:

2005040189

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)