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James Kinsley (1922–1984)

Author of The Oxford Book of Ballads (Oxford Paperbacks)

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Pride and Prejudice (1813) — Editor, some editions — 83,113 copies, 1,383 reviews
Sense and Sensibility (1811) — Editor, some editions — 39,203 copies, 525 reviews
Emma (1815) — Editor, some editions — 39,088 copies, 515 reviews
Persuasion (1817) — Editor, some editions — 29,501 copies, 531 reviews
Mansfield Park (1814) — Editor, some editions — 23,049 copies, 360 reviews
Northanger Abbey (1817) — Editor, some editions — 22,237 copies, 418 reviews
Northanger Abbey / Lady Susan / Sanditon / The Watsons (1998) — Editor, some editions — 1,368 copies, 8 reviews
Poems and Songs (1969) — Editor, some editions — 935 copies, 4 reviews
Poems (1958) — Editor, some editions — 114 copies, 3 reviews
The Poems and Fables of John Dryden (1962) — Editor, some editions; Editor, some editions — 86 copies
Ane satyre of the thrie estaitis (1602) — Editor, some editions — 78 copies, 1 review
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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Oxford Book of Ballads by James Kinsley
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 |
English satiric poetry, Dryden to Byron by Various
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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