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245 04 a| The Ballad and oral literature /c| edited by Joseph Harris.;

260 a| Cambridge, Mass. :b| Harvard University Press,c| 1991.;

300 a| viii, 317 pages ;c| 22 cm.;

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337 a| unmediated2| rdamedia;

338 a| volume2| rdacarrier;

490 1 a| Harvard English studies ;v| 17;

500 a| "Six of the papers gathered here originated as lectures at a symposium on the Child ballads held at Harvard University in November 1988"--Pref.;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references.;

505 0 a| Technique, text, and context : formulaic narrative mode and the question of genre / Flemming G. Andersen -- Popular modes of narration and the popular ballad / Hugh Shields -- Talerole analysis and child's supernatural ballads / David Buchan -- The historical moorings of "The gypsy laddie" : Johnny Faa and Lady Cassillis / Sigred Rieuwerts -- The Americanization of Scottish ballads : counterevidence from the Southwest of Scotland / William B. McCarthy -- Parity of ignorance : child's judgment on "Sir Colin" and the Scottish verdict "not proven" / Emily Lyle -- Literary backgrounds of the Scandinavian ballad / Vésteinn Ólason -- Oral literature, written literature : the ballad and old norse genres / Bengt R. Jonsson.;

505 0 a| Tradition and innovation : the influence of child ballads on the Anglo-American literary ballad / Natascha Würzbach -- Cultural diglossia and the nature of medieval Latin literature / Jan Ziolkowski -- Song and dance : reflections on a comparison of Faroese ballad with Greek choral lyric / Gregory Nagy -- Ring composition in Maldon; or, a possible case of chiasmus in a late Anglo-Saxon poem / Albert B. Lord -- The Middle English popular romance : minstrel versus hack writer / Karl Reichl -- Gråkappan (AT425) as chapbook and folktale in Sweden / Stephen A. Mitchell -- The interplay of genres in oral epic performance : differentially marked discourse in a Northern Egyptian tradition / Dwight Reynolds.;

650 0 a| Balladsx| History and criticism.=| ^A64556;

650 0 a| Oral tradition.=| ^A68923;

650 0 a| Folk literaturex| History and criticism.=| ^A79101;

700 1 a| Harris, Joseph,d| 1940-=| ^A294475;

830 0 a| Harvard English studies ;v| 17.=| ^A24032;

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The Ballad and oral literature / edited by Joseph Harris.

Other author	Harris, Joseph, 1940-
Format	Book
Publication Info	Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1991.
Description	viii, 317 pages ; 22 cm.
Subjects	Ballads--History and criticism. Oral tradition. Folk literature--History and criticism.

Series	Harvard English studies ; 17 Harvard English studies ; 17. ^A24032
Contents	Technique, text, and context : formulaic narrative mode and the question of genre / Flemming G. Andersen -- Popular modes of narration and the popular ballad / Hugh Shields -- Talerole analysis and child's supernatural ballads / David Buchan -- The historical moorings of "The gypsy laddie" : Johnny Faa and Lady Cassillis / Sigred Rieuwerts -- The Americanization of Scottish ballads : counterevidence from the Southwest of Scotland / William B. McCarthy -- Parity of ignorance : child's judgment on "Sir Colin" and the Scottish verdict "not proven" / Emily Lyle -- Literary backgrounds of the Scandinavian ballad / Vésteinn Ólason -- Oral literature, written literature : the ballad and old norse genres / Bengt R. Jonsson.
Contents	Tradition and innovation : the influence of child ballads on the Anglo-American literary ballad / Natascha Würzbach -- Cultural diglossia and the nature of medieval Latin literature / Jan Ziolkowski -- Song and dance : reflections on a comparison of Faroese ballad with Greek choral lyric / Gregory Nagy -- Ring composition in Maldon; or, a possible case of chiasmus in a late Anglo-Saxon poem / Albert B. Lord -- The Middle English popular romance : minstrel versus hack writer / Karl Reichl -- Gråkappan (AT425) as chapbook and folktale in Sweden / Stephen A. Mitchell -- The interplay of genres in oral epic performance : differentially marked discourse in a Northern Egyptian tradition / Dwight Reynolds.
General note	"Six of the papers gathered here originated as lectures at a symposium on the Child ballads held at Harvard University in November 1988"--Pref.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references.
LCCN	90024717
ISBN	0674060458 (alk. paper)

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