The flowering thorn : : international ballad studies / / edited by Thomas A. McKean.
The flowering thorn expresses the dual nature of the ballad: at once a distinctive expression of European tradition, but also somewhat tricky to approach from a scholarly perspective, requiring a range of disciplines to illuminate its rich composition. Most of this latter quality has to do with...
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| Year of Publication: | 2003 |
| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Language: | English |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (395 p.) |
| Notes: | "A project of the Kommission fur Volksdichtung and the Elphinstone Institute." |
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Table of Contents:
- Contents; Introduction; Now She's Fairly Altered Her Meaning: Interpreting Narrative Song; Malign Forces That Can Punish and Pardon: Structure and Motif; Recapturing the Journey: Cruxes of Context, Version, and Transmission; Regions, Reprints, and Repertoires; ""Purement scientifique et archeologique"": The Mediating Collector; Acknowledgments; Notes on Contributors; General Index; Song Title Index