The Making of Percy's Reliques [Hardcover]

Thomas Percy'sReliques(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.

Introduction
The Ballad and Literary Antiquarianism
Macpherson and Percy
The Genesis of theReliques
The Making of theReliques
Printing theReliques
Conclusion

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