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THE BALLAD AND ORAL LITERATURE
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| By: |
Joseph Harris |
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Paperback |
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£25.95 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0674060466 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780674060463 |
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| Publisher: |
HARVARD UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
1 August, 1991 |
| Series: |
English Studies 17 |
| Pages: |
368 |
| Description: |
Here, 16 scholars from Europe and the USA offer essays on topics such as the "Child ballads" in their British and American forms; aspects of the oral literatures of France, Ireland, Scandinavia, ancient Greece, modern Egypt and medieval England as well as recent literary ballads and popular songs. |
| Synopsis: |
Francis James Child, compiler and editor of "English and Scottish Popular Ballads", established the scholarly study of folk ballads in the English-speaking world. His successors at Harvard University, notably George Lyman Kittredge, Milman Parry, and Albert B. Lord, discovered new ways of relating ideas about sung narrative to the study of epic poetry and what has come to be called - "oral literature". In this volume, 16 scholars from Europe and the United States offer original essays in the spirit of these pioneers. The topics of their studies include well-known "Child ballads" in their British and American forms; aspects of the oral literatures of France, Ireland, Scandinavia, medieval England, ancient Greece, and modern Egypt; and recent literary ballads and popular songs. Many of the essays evince a concern with the theoretical underpinnings of the study of folklore and literature, orality and literacy; and as a whole the volume re-establishes the European ballad in the wider context of oral literature. Among the contributors are Albert B. Lord, Bengt R. Jonsson, Gregory Nagy, David Buchan, Vesteinn Olason, and Karl Reichl. |
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2 tables |
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US |
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Harvard University Press |
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