Child's Unfinished Masterpiece The English and Scottish Popular Ballads |
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| Author:
| Brown, Mary Ellen |
| ISBN: | 978-0-252-03594-4 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 2011 |
| Publisher: | University of Illinois Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $102.00 |
Book Description:
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The premier scholar of the English-language traditional or popular ballad, Francis James Child spent decades working on his widely read and performed collection, The English and Scottish Popular Ballads. In this study of Child's life and work, Mary Ellen Brown analyzes Child's editorial methods, his decisions about which ballads to include, and ......
The premier scholar of the English-language traditional or popular ballad, Francis James Child spent decades working on his widely read and performed collection, The English and Scottish Popular Ballads. In this study of Child's life and work, Mary Ellen Brown analyzes Child's editorial methods, his decisions about which ballads to include, and ......