The English and Scottish Popular Ballads 5 Volume Set in 10 Pieces Mixed media product
Edited by Francis James Child
Part of the Cambridge Library Collection - Literary Studies series
Mixed media product
Description
Harvard's first professor of English, the American scholar Francis James Child (1825-96) had previously prepared a collection of English and Scottish ballads, published in 1857-9, before he embarked on producing this definitive critical edition. Organised into five volumes and published in ten parts between 1882 and 1898, the work includes the text and variants of 305 ballads, with Child's detailed commentary and comparison with ballads and stories from other languages.
Although he did not live to fully clarify his methods of selection and classification, modern scholars still refer to the 'Child Ballads' as an essential resource in the study of folk songs and stories in the English language.
The work also contains a helpful glossary of archaic terms, a long list of sources, musical scores for 46 of the ballads, indexes, and a bibliography.
Information
-
Item not Available
- Format:Mixed media product
- Pages:2830 pages, 1 Plates, black and white
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:20/11/2014
- Category:
- ISBN:9781108076395
Information
-
Item not Available
- Format:Mixed media product
- Pages:2830 pages, 1 Plates, black and white
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:20/11/2014
- Category:
- ISBN:9781108076395
