The English and Scottish Popular Ballads: Part 1 - Brossura

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ISBN 10: 1108076335 ISBN 13: 9781108076333

Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 2014

Riassunto

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 and a long list of sources. Volume 3, Part 1 (1888) contains ballads 114-155, including many about Robin Hood.

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Originally published 1882–98, this monumental ten-part work by Harvard scholar Francis James Child (1825–96) contains the text and variants of 305 ballads, with detailed commentary and critical apparatus. Volume 3, Part 1 (1888) contains ballads 114-155, including many about Robin Hood.

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Advertisement to Part V; Advertisement to Part VI; Ballads 114-155.

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• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1108076335
• ISBN 13: 9781108076333
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 276
• Redattore: Child Francis James