| Description |
1 online resource |
| Series |
Routledge library editions: Folklore ; volume 12
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Routledge library editions. Folklore ; volume 12.
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| Note |
Originally published: London : Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1973. |
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Includes index. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
The oral tradition -- The tradition in transition -- The modern tradition (i) -- The modern tradition (ii). |
| Language |
Text in English and Scots. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Ballads, Scots -- Scotland -- Texts.
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Scotland -- Poetry.
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FICTION -- General. |
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Ballads, Scots. |
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Scotland. |
| Indexed Term |
Ballads, Scots Scotland Texts |
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Scotland Poetry |
| Genre/Form |
Poetry.
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Texts.
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| Added Author |
Buchan, David, editor.
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| Other Form: |
9781138843837 0710075669 |
| ISBN |
9781317550174 (electronic bk.) |
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131755017X (electronic bk.) |
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9781315730837 |
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1315730839 |
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9781317550150 |
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1317550153 |
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9781317550167 |
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1317550161 |
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1138843830 |
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9781138843837 |
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9781138845596 |
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1138845590 |
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9781315728315 (set eISBN) |
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1315728311 (set eISBN) |
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9781138843837 |
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9781138842175 (set print) |
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