The Common Muse

Published by Penguin Books, 1965

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The Common Muse (1965) by V. de Sola Pinto and A.E. Rodway ? Penguin Books Sold with pride (and dust) by Crappy Old Books ? where even the bawdy gets battered. Step aside Shakespeare? The Common Muse is where the real voices of the people sing, swear, and occasionally stagger. This brilliant 1965 Penguin anthology compiles the anonymous (and often filthy) verses of the 18th and 19th centuries: street ballads, pub songs, political doggerel, and risqué rhymes too rude for polite society. Compiled by de Sola Pinto and Rodway with scholarly glee and a wink, it?s a riotous celebration of poetry from the gutter up. Our copy? Slightly warped, smells faintly of pipe smoke, and contains more cultural value than most brand-new paperbacks ever will. Crappy Old Books ? Because literature?s a lot more fun when it?s a little bit grubby. Nice crisp condition although cover maybe a bit faded.

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Title
The Common Muse
Author
V de Sola Pinto and AE Rodway
Publisher
Penguin Books
Publication year
1965
Condition
Good
Binding
Paperback

Crappy Old Books

Barry, United Kingdom

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Crappy Old Books aims to be the online version of our much endangered high street second hand book stores. Here you will find all sorts of junk that you just couldnt imagine. Crappy Old Books also aims to provide all of these books at great rates. The site was concieved on Monday 23rd Novemeber 2009, and is slowly growing. Hopefully over years it'll have much more to offer and will be a joy to browse through, just like our musty second hand book stores of yore.

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