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Aenglisc
Texts from the English folk tradition, preserving the old stories and customs of the British Isles.
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Texts
A Book of Old English BalladsHamilton Wright Mabie's introduction to A Book of Old English Ballads (1903) — a masterful essay on the nature, origin, and enduring power of the popular ballad, tracing its roots in community authorship and the age when poetry lived on the lips of the people.Introduction to English LiteratureAn introduction to the literary traditions of the English language — from the Anglo-Saxon migrations to the ballad collectors, tracing how a handful of Germanic dialects became one of the richest literary languages in the world.Kemps Nine Daies WonderShakespeare's clown Morris-dances from London to Norwich in nine days, 1600 — the weirdest and most delightful pamphlet of the Elizabethan era.
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