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| Genre/Form: | Texts |
|---|---|
| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Foster, Stephen Collins, 1826-1864. Stephen Foster & Co. New York : Library of America, c2010 (OCoLC)768298978 |
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Stephen Collins Foster; Ken Emerson |
| ISBN: | 9781598530704 1598530704 |
| OCLC Number: | 426803667 |
| Description: | xxii, 182 p. : ill. ; 20 cm. |
| Contents: | Plantation melodies -- Parlor ballads -- Drinking and temperance songs -- Songs of protest and poverty -- War songs -- Comic songs. |
| Series Title: | American poets project, 30. |
| Responsibility: | edited by Ken Emerson. |
| More information: |
Abstract:
America's first professional songwriter, Foster wrote lyrics that have entered our country's cultural bloodstream. Emerson presents a fully and delightfully annotated selection of Foster's most famous songs, and augments them with lyrics that either influenced Foster or were inspired by his genius.
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