Author: Francis James Child
Publisher:
Published: 2011-08
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781935243229
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Completed in 1898, Francis James Child's The English and Scottish Popular Ballads remains the most comprehensive collection of ballads in the English language. Compiling every variant of every ballad known at the time, Child introduces the texts with discussions of the history and origins of each ballad, and traces related ballads and folk tales through dozens of languages and cultures.An essential reference for any student of ballads, this work also offers rich sources of material and inspiration for folklorists, story-tellers, and musicians. This new edition presents the text corrected according to Prof. Child's instructions and supplemented with tunes from his original sources.This complete five volume set includes ballads 1-305, the complete contents of the original ten part collection.
Author: Francis James Child
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Published: 2013-01-03
Total Pages: 642
ISBN-13: 0486145891
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This 19th-century collection compiles all the extant ballads with all known variants and features Child's commentaries. Includes Parts IX and X of the original set — ballads 266-305 — plus indexes, glossary.
Author: Francis James Child
Publisher:
Published: 2014
Total Pages: 284
ISBN-13: 9781107711143
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Francis James Child
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Published: 2013-01-03
Total Pages: 546
ISBN-13: 0486152847
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This definitive 19th-century collection compiles all the extant ballads with all known variants and features Child's commentary for each work. Volume IV includes Parts VII and VIII of the original set — ballads 189-265.
Author: Francis James Child
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Published: 2013-01-03
Total Pages: 548
ISBN-13: 0486152863
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This definitive 19th-century collection compiles all the extant ballads with all known variants and features Child's commentary for each work. Volume III includes Parts V and VI of the original set — ballads 114–188.
Author: Francis James Child
Publisher:
Published: 2014
Total Pages: 257
ISBN-13: 9781107711068
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Francis James Child
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2014-11-20
Total Pages: 301
ISBN-13: 1108076386
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Published 1882-98, this ten-part work by Harvard's first professor of English became an essential resource for scholars and folklorists.
Author: Francis James Child
Publisher: Dover Publications
Published: 2003-09-08
Total Pages: 544
ISBN-13: 9780486431451
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The rich field of English balladry was virgin territory before Francis James Child entered it. The few published ballad editions that existed were unreliable, filled with unacknowledged editorial changes and distortions of the original manuscripts. Professor Child compiled all the extant ballads with all known variants, and made them available for the first time — together with his invaluable commentary that prefaces each work — in a single source that maintained absolute fidelity to the original texts. Published between 1882 and 1898, the original ten-part study became the definitive collection of popular ballads in the English language, never to be superceded. To this day, scholars and devotees speak of "The Child Ballads" with the awe and respect generated by few other literary works. Volume 1: Parts I and II of the original set, ballads 1-53 including "Edward," "Lord Randal," "Tam Lin," "Lady Isabel and the Elf-Knight," "Earl Brand," "Thomas Rymer," more. Biographical sketch of Child by Prof. Kittredge, Child's portrait, additions and corrections.