The Making of Percy's Reliques

Percy's Reliques (1765) is the seminal collection of historical and lyrical ballads that defined English literature at the end of the eighteenth century. It dramatically influenced Wordsworth and Coleridge, Walter Scott, and Lewis Carroll. This is the first study of Percy's Reliques. It examines Percy's working methods in contexts such as Englishness, cannibalism, and literary forgery.