The English and Scottish Popular Ballads (Cambridge Library Collection - Literary Studies) (Part 1) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1108076378 ISBN 13: 9781108076371

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2014

Synopsis

Harvard's first professor of English, the American scholar Francis James Child (1825–96) had previously prepared a collection of English and Scottish ballads, published in 1857–9, before he embarked on producing this definitive critical edition. Organised into five volumes and published in ten parts between 1882 and 1898, the work includes the text and variants of 305 ballads, with Child's detailed commentary and comparison with ballads and stories from other languages. Although he did not live to fully clarify his methods of selection and classification, modern scholars still refer to the 'Child Ballads' as an essential resource in the study of folk songs and stories in the English language. The work also contains a helpful glossary of archaic terms and a long list of sources. Volume 5, Part 1 (1892) contains ballads 266-305, including 'Get Up and Bar the Door' and 'The Outlaw Murray'.

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Book Description

Originally published 1882-98, this monumental ten-part work by Harvard scholar Francis James Child (1825-96) contains the text and variants of 305 ballads, with detailed commentary and critical apparatus. Volume 5, Part 1 (1892) contains ballads 266-305, including 'Get Up and Bar the Door' and 'The Outlaw Murray'.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1108076378
• ISBN 13: 9781108076371
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 304
• Editor: Child Francis James