Basic introductory collection of ballads in English
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 25 years ago
This volume contains a brief introduction to the form and content of ballads in the English language. It then provides a collection of representative samples in the following chapters: ballads of the supernatural; religious ballads; romantic tragedies; love and sentiment; pastourelles; domestic tragedies; tabloid crime; criminals' goodnights; ballads of the Scottish border; historical ballads; accidents and disasters; outlaws, pirates, badmen and heroes; songs of the forecastle and lumber shant; cowboy and frontier ballads;humor. There is a decent discography to lead you to recordings of the ballads.This is a good, basic reference and/or introduction to English language ballads.
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