English and scottish popular ballads, the
Éditeur :
Cambridge University Press
ISBN :
9781108076302
Date de publication :
20 nov. 2014
Dimensions :
29,7 x 21,0 x 1,4 cm
Poids :
650 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
Originally published 1882–98, this monumental ten-part work by Harvard scholar Francis James Child (1825–96) contains the text and variants of 305 ballads, with detailed commentary and critical apparatus. Volume 1, Part 2 (1884) contains ballads 29-53, including 'King Arthur and King Cornwall' and 'Captain Wedderburn's Courtship'.