English and Scottish Ballads (Vol. 1-8)
Title | English and Scottish Ballads (Vol. 1-8) PDF eBook |
Author | Various Authors |
Publisher | DigiCat |
Pages | 1828 |
Release | 2023-11-24 |
Genre | Fiction |
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The Child Ballads are traditional ballads from England and Scotland, collected and anthologized by Francis James Child during the second half of the 19th century. The collection contains examples from the 13th century onward. However, the majority of the ballads date to the seventeenth and eighteenth century. Although some have very ancient influences, only a handful can be definitively traced to before 1600. Child Ballads are heavier and darker than other ballads. The topics of the ballads are romance, enchantment, devotion, determination, obsession, jealousy, forbidden love, hallucination, the suppressed truth, supernatural experiences and deeds, half-human creatures, teenagers, family strife, the boldness of outlaws, authority, lust, death, karma, punishment, sin, morality, vanity, folly, dignity, nobility, and many others. They contain stories of national heroes like Robin Hood and mysterious creatures like elves and fairies.
The Cambridge History of English Literature
Title | The Cambridge History of English Literature PDF eBook |
Author | Sir Adolphus William Ward |
Publisher | |
Pages | 560 |
Release | 1908 |
Genre | English literature |
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The Roxburghe Ballads
Title | The Roxburghe Ballads PDF eBook |
Author | William Chappell |
Publisher | |
Pages | 724 |
Release | 1874 |
Genre | Ballads, English |
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American Book Prices Current
Title | American Book Prices Current PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 1000 |
Release | 1912 |
Genre | Autographs |
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A record of literary properties sold at auction in the United States.
The Politics of Songs in Eighteenth-Century Britain, 1723–1795
Title | The Politics of Songs in Eighteenth-Century Britain, 1723–1795 PDF eBook |
Author | Kate Horgan |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 272 |
Release | 2015-10-06 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1317318013 |
Horgan analyses the importance of songs in British eighteenth-century culture with specific reference to their political meaning. Using an interdisciplinary methodology, combining the perspectives of literary studies and cultural history, the utilitarian power of songs emerges across four major case studies.
The New Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature: Volume 1, 600-1660
Title | The New Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature: Volume 1, 600-1660 PDF eBook |
Author | George Watson |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 1322 |
Release | 1974-08-29 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | 9780521200042 |
More than fifty specialists have contributed to this new edition of volume 1 of The Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature. The design of the original work has established itself so firmly as a workable solution to the immense problems of analysis, articulation and coordination that it has been retained in all its essentials for the new edition. The task of the new contributors has been to revise and integrate the lists of 1940 and 1957, to add materials of the following decade, to correct and refine the bibliographical details already available, and to re-shape the whole according to a new series of conventions devised to give greater clarity and consistency to the entries.
Publisher and Bookseller
Title | Publisher and Bookseller PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 844 |
Release | 1861 |
Genre | Bibliography |
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Vols. for 1871-76, 1913-14 include an extra number, The Christmas bookseller, separately paged and not included in the consecutive numbering of the regular series.