单词	chapbook
释义	chapbook /ˈtʃapbʊk / noun 1 historical A small pamphlet containing tales, ballads, or tracts, sold by pedlars.The print revolution undoubtedly had an important impact on folk culture, through, for example, the mass printing of chapbooks, ballads, almanacs, and cheap abbreviated novels, not to mention religious literature.... The wealth of John Winchcombe, ‘Jack of Newbury’, in the early Tudor period was legendary and his exploits were commemorated in ballads and chapbooks. Moreover, the practice, in England at least, of the printing of chapbooks and ballads meant that reading for leisure was also a possibility. 1.1North American A small paper-covered booklet, typically containing poems or fiction.That year she published the first of three chapbooks, Ten Poems.... She holds an MFA in writing and literature from Bennington, and is author of two chapbooks of poems, most recently What Stays. A chapbook of his poems is forthcoming from Groundwater Press. Origin Early 19th century: from chapman + book. Rhymes scrapbook
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