Originally published in 1995. This book's collection of key essays
presents a coherent overview of touchstone statements and issues in
the study of Anglo-American popular ballad traditions and suggests
ways this panoramic view affords us a look at Euro-American
scholarship's questions, concerns and methods. The study of ballads
in English began early in the eighteenth century with Joseph
Addison's discussions which marked the onset of an aesthetic and
scholarly interest in popular traditions. Therefore the collection
begins with him and then chronologically includes scholars whose
views mark pivotal moments which taken together tell a story that
does not emerge through an examination of the ballads themselves.
The book addresses debates in tradition, orality, performance and
community as well as national genealogies and connections to
contexts. Each selected piece is pre-empted by an introductory
section on its importance and relevance.
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