The English and Scottish popular ballads, volume 1 (of 5) by Francis James Child
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"The English and Scottish Popular Ballads, volume 1 (of 5)" by Francis James Child is a scholarly anthology published between 1882-1898. This groundbreaking collection presents 305 traditional ballads from England and Scotland, documenting tales of romance, supernatural encounters, outlaw adventures, and historical events. Child meticulously classified variants of each ballad, creating the definitive scholarly edition that transformed ballad study. From medieval manuscripts like "Judas" to Robin Hood legends, these darker narratives explore
forbidden love, family conflict, treachery, and folk heroes—preserving centuries of oral tradition in a monumental work that remains the cornerstone of ballad scholarship. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Editor | Child, Francis James, 1825-1896 |
|---|---|
| Title | The English and Scottish popular ballads, volume 1 (of 5) |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Child_Ballads |
| Credits |
Produced by Simon Gardner, Katherine Ward, Alicia Williams, David T. Jones and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 86.9 (6th grade). Easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PR: Language and Literatures: English literature |
| Subject | Ballads, English -- England -- Texts |
| Subject | Ballads, Scots -- Scotland -- Texts |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 44969 |
| ISBN (HTML) | 979-8-238-44969-2 |
| Release Date | Feb 20, 2014 |
| Last Update | Oct 24, 2024 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 1709 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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