Scottish chapbook literature by William Harvey
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and the challenges of defining a “chapbook.” It sketches the rise of chapbooks from early broadsides and Reformation prints through a flourishing era when chapmen spread cheap literature across towns and moors, noting printers, censorship, sales practices, crude illustrations, and later decline as cheaper series emerged. It then classifies the field, highlighting the popularity of humorous pieces—especially those by Dougal Graham—with vivid scenes of rustic courtship, weddings, kirk discipline, and social satire, alongside other humorists and verse tales. Next it turns to “instructive” chapbooks, summarizing historical accounts (Bothwell Bridge, Drumclog, the ’45 as narrated by an eyewitness pedlar), topical broadsides and execution “last speeches,” and biographical lives of national figures, before touching on religious and moral tracts and widely read sermons. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Harvey, William, 1874-1936 |
|---|---|
| LoC No. | 04000735 |
| Title | Scottish chapbook literature |
| Original Publication | Paisley: Alexander Gardner, 1903. |
| Credits | Mairi and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PR: Language and Literatures: English literature |
| Subject | Scottish literature -- History and criticism |
| Subject | Chapbooks, Scottish -- History |
| Subject | English literature -- Scottish authors -- History and criticism |
| Subject | Popular literature -- Scotland -- History and criticism |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 77447 |
| Release Date | Dec 12, 2025 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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