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A Scottish Ballad Book /
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...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés Scots |
| Publicado: |
Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY :
Routledge,
2015.
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| Colección: | Routledge library editions. Folklore ;
volume 12. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | 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. |
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| Notas: | Originally published: London : Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1973. Includes index. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781317550174 131755017X 9781315730837 1315730839 9781317550150 1317550153 9781317550167 1317550161 1138843830 9781138843837 9781138845596 1138845590 9781315728315 1315728311 |