|
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > Customs & folklore > Folklore
|
Buy Now
A Scottish Ballad Book (RLE Folklore) (Hardcover)
Loot Price: R4,570
Discovery Miles 45 700
|
|
|
A Scottish Ballad Book (RLE Folklore) (Hardcover)
Series: Routledge Library Editions: Folklore
Expected to ship within 12 - 17 working days
|
The popular appeal of the ballad is perennial, and few literary
genres give so much pleasure to so many kinds of people. This
anthology, first published in 1973, is drawn from the richest
ballad tradition in Britain, that of the Northeast of Scotland. It
provides a fresh and original choice of songs that ranges from the
old ballads like 'Gil Brenton' and 'Willie's Lady' to the bothy
ballads like 'The Tarves Rant'. The collection illustrates the
development of a tradition over the centuries from the oral stage
down to the modern, and exemplifies the methods of composition and
transmission, the kinds of ballad-story, and the types of
ballad-text found in the various stages of a ballad tradition. It
illustrates the variety of subject matter, and indicates lines of
relationship with other genres of Folklore Studies. A substantial
section, containing what are widely acknowledged as the best of all
British ballads, the oral ballads of Anna Brown, demonstrates
clearly that the ballads are not merely simple or crude poems; in
their oral form, they are narrative songs of some complexity and
sophistication. This anthology is complementary to Dr Buchan's The
Ballad and the Folk.
General
Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate?
Let us know about it.
Does this product have an incorrect or missing image?
Send us a new image.
Is this product missing categories?
Add more categories.
Review This Product
No reviews yet - be the first to create one!
|
You might also like..
|
Email address subscribed successfully.
A activation email has been sent to you.
Please click the link in that email to activate your subscription.
Welcome to Loot.co.za!
Sign in / Register |Wishlists & Gift Vouchers |Help | Advanced search
(3)
