Ballads are a fascinating subject of study not least because of
their endless variety. It is quite remarkable that ballads taken
down or recorded from singers separated by centuries in time and by
hundreds of kilometres in distance, should be both different and
yet recognizably the same. In The English Traditional Ballad, David
Atkinson examines the ways in which the body of ballads known in
England make reference both to ballads from elsewhere and to other
English folk songs. The book outlines current theoretical
directions in ballad scholarship: structuralism, traditional
referentiality, genre and context, print and oral transmission, and
the theory of tradition and revival. These are combined to offer
readers a method of approaching the central issue in ballad studies
- the creation of meaning(s) out of ballad texts. Atkinson focuses
on some of the most interesting problems in ballad studies: the
'wit-combat' in versions of The Unquiet Grave; variable
perspectives in comic ballads about marriage; incest as a ballad
theme; problems of feminine motivation in ballads like The
Outlandish Knight and The Broomfield Hill; murder ballads and
murder in other instances of early popular literature. Through
discussion of these issues and themes in ballad texts, the book
outlines a way of tracing tradition(s) in English balladry, while
recognizing that ballad tradition is far from being simply
chronological and linear.
General
| Imprint: |
Ashgate Publishing Limited
|
| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Series: |
Ashgate Popular and Folk Music Series |
| Release date: |
August 2002 |
| First published: |
2002 |
| Authors: |
David Atkinson
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| Dimensions: |
234 x 156mm (L x W) |
| Format: |
Hardcover
|
| Pages: |
328 |
| Edition: |
New edition |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-7546-0634-5 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Arts & Architecture >
Music >
Folk music
Books >
Music >
Folk music
Promotions
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| LSN: |
0-7546-0634-1 |
| Barcode: |
9780754606345 |
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