Editing Minstrel (section)

==In literature==
Minstrelsy became a central concern in English literature in the [[Romanticism|Romantic period]] and has remained so intermittently.<ref>See, for example, Maureen N. McLane: ''Balladeering, Minstrelsy'', ''and the Making of British Romantic Poetry'' (Cambridge, UK: CUP, 2011).</ref>

In poetry, ''[[The Lay of the Last Minstrel]]'' (1805) by Sir [[Walter Scott]], ''[[Lalla Rookh]]'' (1817) by [[Thomas Moore]], and ''The Village Minstrel'' (1821) by [[John Clare]] were three of many. Novels centring on minstrelsy have included [[Helen Craik]]'s ''Henry of Northumberland'' (1800), [[Sydney Owenson]]'s ''The Novice of St Dominick's'' (a girl using a minstrel disguise, 1805), [[Christabel Rose Coleridge]]'s ''Minstrel Dick'' (a choirboy turned minstrel becomes a courtier, 1891), [[Rhoda Power]]'s ''Redcap Runs Away'' (a boy of ten joins wandering minstrels, 1952), and [[A. J. Cronin]]'s ''The Minstrel Boy'' (priesthood to minstrelsy and back, 1975).