The flowering thorn international ballad studies

The flowering thorn expresses the dual nature of the ballad: at once a distinctive expression of European tradition, but also somewhat tricky to approach from a scholarly perspective, requiring a range of disciplines to illuminate its rich composition. Most of this latter quality has to do with...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: McKean, Thomas A., 1961- (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Logan, Utah : Utah State University Press c2003.
Edición:1st ed
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Sumario:The flowering thorn expresses the dual nature of the ballad: at once a distinctive expression of European tradition, but also somewhat tricky to approach from a scholarly perspective, requiring a range of disciplines to illuminate its rich composition. Most of this latter quality has to do with the very features that characterize ballads... or narrative songs. These include an appearance of fragmentation; a wide range of cultural and social referents; complex, evocative symbolic language; and variation. The notable multiformity of meaning, text and tune is mirrored in scholarsh
Notas:"A project of the Kommission fur Volksdichtung and the Elphinstone Institute."
Descripción Física:1 online resource (395 p.)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
ISBN:9781283267137
9786613267139
9780874214918