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James Kinsley (1922–1984)

Author of The Oxford Book of Ballads (Oxford Paperbacks)

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Works by James Kinsley

Associated Works

Pride and Prejudice (1813) — Editor, some editions — 80,091 copies
Sense and Sensibility (1811) — Editor, some editions — 37,892 copies
Emma (1815) — Editor, some editions — 37,728 copies
Persuasion (1817) — Editor, some editions — 28,519 copies
Mansfield Park (1814) — Editor, some editions — 22,365 copies
Northanger Abbey (1817) — Editor, some editions — 21,479 copies
Northanger Abbey / Lady Susan / Sanditon / The Watsons (1998) — Editor, some editions — 1,323 copies
Poems and Songs (1906) — Editor, some editions — 898 copies
Poems (1958) — Editor, some editions — 112 copies
The Poems and Fables of John Dryden (1961) — Editor, some editions; Editor, some editions — 79 copies
Ane satyre of the thrie estaitis (1602) — Editor, some editions — 79 copies
The Poems of John Dryden (1958) — Editor, some editions — 2 copies

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Birthdate
1922
Date of death
1984
Gender
male
Nationality
UK

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Reviews

I may need to buy this book. The selection of ballads I read were FABULOUS: strange, dramatic, silly, dark tales of love, sex, magic, and mayhem. Also very, very well-edited - Kinsley presents original texts, antiquated spelling and all, and his interpolations are clearly marked.

It's the sort of book that you can't read in the same room as another person because you will be compelled to interrupt them every five minutes with yet another wacky plot sketch of what you just read.
 
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raschneid | Dec 19, 2023 |
commented anthology, containing poems of Dryden, Sackville, Wilmot, Swift, Pope, Jenyns, Johnson, Churchill, Goldsmith, BurnsWolcot, Courtenay, Gifford, Byron, and 1 anon.
 
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RedEyedNerd | Jun 8, 2008 |

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