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Lifetime: 1817 - 1890 Passed: ≈ 134 years ago

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Edwin Waugh

Books by Edwin Waugh

Poems and Songs in the Lancashire Dialect Cover image

Poems and Songs in the Lancashire Dialect

Poetry History Non-Fiction
Nostalgia Poetry social commentary Folklore Working class Dialect Local history Industrial Revolution Lancashire Rochdale Regional Literature

'Poems and Songs in the Lancashire Dialect' by Edwin Waugh is a collection of poetry written in the distinctive dialect of Lancashire, a region in northwestern England. Waugh, a prominent figure in the 19th-century dialect movement, captures the esse...