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Author:   Sandra Ballif Straubhaar ,  Richard Firth Green
Publisher:   Medieval Institute Publications
Imprint:   Medieval Institute Publications
Edition:   New edition
Weight:   0.574kg
ISBN:  

9781580443630

ISBN 10:   158044363
Pages:   270
Publication Date:   15 April 2019
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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"Acknowledgments ""Both Me and Mine he Causd to Dine"" by Sandra Ballif Straubhaar and Richard Firth Green Bibliographical Note Part I: The Ballad Genre Swedish Ballad Authenticity and Its Gatekeepers by James Massengale The Relationship of the Anomalous Ballad Þorgeirs rímur [Stjakarhöfða] to Áns rímur bogsveigis by Shaun F. D. Hughes Hervör, Hervard, Hervik: The Metamorphosis of a Shieldmaiden by Sandra Ballif Straubhaar Part IIa: Traditional Ballads in Context: Motifs and Themes Uncanny Cetology in the Sagas and Later West-Scandinavian Balladry by Sarah Harlan-Haughey If You Go Down to the Woods Today . . . Fateful Locations in the Ballad Landscapes of Three Kingdoms by Tom Pettitt ""His Hawk, His Hound, and Lady Fair"": Social Symbols and Ballad Metaphors by James Moreira Balladry and Social Mores: An Exploration of Attitudes to Sexual Relations in Songsters, Broadsides, and Oral Tradition by David Gregory Part IIb: The Traditional Ballad in Context: Individual Ballads The Agnete Ballad of Denmark: Cultural Tool or Protest Song? by Lynda Taylor From Sir Eglamour to Old Bangum: The Travels of a Ballad Hero by Richard Firth Green Part III: The Afterlife of the Traditional Ballad Writing Romances for Amateur Singers: a Nineteenth-Century Danish Example By Hans Kuhn The Secret Lives of Ballads: Fan Fiction as Folk Space by Sally Ann Schutz A Game of Crows: Poe, Plagiarism, and the Ballad Tradition by Jennifer Goodman Wollock Notes on the Contributors Index"

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Sandra Ballif Straubhaar, University of Texas at Austin, USA; Richard Firth Green, Ohio State University, Columbus, USA.

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