 | Bawdy Songbooks of the Romantic Period, Volume 2 Subjects: Culture; Genre; Language & Literature; Music; Satire and Parody; Poetry; Gender and Sexuality; Drama; Literature; Queer Studies; The songbooks of the 1830-40s were printed in tiny numbers, and small format so they could be hidden in a pocket, passed round or thrown away.Collectors have sought 'these priceless chapbooks', but only recently a collection of 49 songbooks has come to light. This collection represents almost all of the known songbooks from the period. Ed Cray, |
