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William Henry Goss
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Goss and Other Crested China
William Henry Goss first decorated porcelain with coats of arms in the 1870's and thereby sowed the seeds of a craze which was shortly to sweep Britain. Heraldic porcelain from the Goss factory and dozens of competitors was on sale from 1895 to 1915 and it is estimated that 90 percent of British homes possesed at least one piece during that period. But the trade declined during the First World War and came to an end with the depression of the 1930's. There has been a revival of interest in heraldic porcelain since the early 1970's and it has become popular with collectors. This book tells the story of Goss and his competitors, explores the vast range of pieces produced - and their decorations - and suggests possible themes for the collector, many of which are illustrated.
The Reliquary
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The Social Life of Words
A new approach to sociolinguistics, introducing the study of the social meaning of English words over time, and offering an engaging and entertaining demonstration of lexical sociolinguistic analysis The Social Life of Words: A Historical Approach explores the rise and fall of the social properties of words, charting ways in which they take on new social connotations. Written in an engaging narrative style, this entertaining text matches up sociolinguistic theory with social history and biography to discover which kind of people used what kind of word, where and when. Social factors such as class, age, race, region, gender, occupation, religion and criminality are discussed in British and Am...
Sixteenth-Century English Dictionaries
This is the first volume in the trilogy Dictionaries in the English-Speaking World, 1500-1800, which will offer a new history of lexicography in and beyond the early modern British Isles. The volume explores the dictionaries, wordlists, and glossaries that were compiled and read by speakers of English from the end of the Middle Ages to the year 1600. These include the first printed dictionaries in which English words were collected; the dictionaries of Latin used by all educated English-speakers, from young children to Shakespeare to adult royalty; the dictionaries of modern languages that gave English-speakers access to the languages and cultures of continental Europe; dictionaries and word...
“Don’t Forget The Pierrots!'' The Complete History of British Pierrot Troupes & Concert Parties
This volume is the first authoritative historical textbook to look at the origins, development and evolution of seaside pierrot troupes and concert parties and their popular performance heritage. It will provide, for the first time, a definition of the pierrot troupe and its evolution from the roots of European popular traditions such as the commedia dell’arte and minstrelsy, to links between music hall and contemporary popular culture. Tony Lidington will explore how pierrot troupes grew from a single idea into a major international cultural industry and how it boosted morale and national identity during the two World Wars, before sublimating into contemporary pop music and comedy. Tony’s continuing practice as research provides an experiential framework for the historical and ethnographic analysis of the form. This book will be of vital interest to students, researchers, and performers of outdoor (al fresco) arts, clowning and comedy, minstrelsy, vernacular music-making and music hall.
