Synopses & Reviews
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.
Review
"Groom's microbibliographical analysis....is extraordinarily detailed, yet lucid and entertaining....[He] collates with great patience Percy's letters, transcripts, annotations, and revisions."--Times Literary Supplement
Table of Contents
Introduction
The Ballad and Literary Antiquarianism
Macpherson and Percy
The Genesis of the Reliques
The Making of the Reliques
Printing the Reliques
Conclusion