The Beginnings of Poetry

1908, an early edition of Gummere's study of evolution of poetry as a social institution

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Printing Details

Early US printing. Hardback, bound in the original burgundy cloth with gilt titling to spine. Top edge gilt. 23 × 15cm, 483pp.

First published in 1901, Gummere's Beginnings of Poetry explores the origins and early evolution of poetry as a social institution in human culture. The author was a champion of the theory of communal composition for early forms of poetry, such as popular balladry, and suggesting that they originated from the spontaneous, collective expression of the community before the rise of individual authorship.

Condition

A good reading copy. There is some light bumping to the boards, and the rear hinge is cracked (though still attached). Pages clean, if a little age-toned.

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