The spoken word: Oral culture in Britain, 1500-1850.

The early modern period was of great significance throughout Europe with respect to its gradual transition from a largely oral to a fundamentally literate society. On the one hand, the spoken word remained of the utmost importance to the dissemination of ideas, the communication of information and t...

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Main Authors: Fox, Adam. (Author), Woolf, Daniel. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : Manchester University Press, 2003.
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