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Indlæser... The English and Scottish popular ballads (udgave 1965)af Francis James Child
Work InformationThe English and Scottish Popular Ballads, Volumes 1 through 5 af Francis James Child
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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the original ten-part study became the definitive collection of popular ballads in the English language, never to be superceded.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. Unabridged republication of the works originally published by Houghton, Mifflin and Company, Boston, between 1882 and 1898. Indices. Appendix. No library descriptions found. |
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 Google Books — Indlæser...GenrerMelvil Decimal System (DDC)821.04Literature English & Old English literatures English poetry English poetry {by more than one author} Lyric and balladic poetryLC-klassificeringVurderingGennemsnit: (4.35)
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In the 19th century, Child collected every ballad (it appears) known in Scotland and England and compared the different versions that had been remembered or published, with astute and fascinating analysis of how they changed or were "combined" in people's memories. He also comments on the more than 30 languages in which he found some of them.
One of my favorite finds was the verse used by Simon and Garfunkel for their recording of "Canticle/Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme.". By listening to their recording, and following the information Child provides, you can hear the canticle sung "against" the main ballad, and can more clearly distinguish the lyrics of the third melody that S&G added, an anti-gun protest. Anachronistic, since guns were in the future, but then there IS artistic license.
I also love reading the Early Modern English or the Scots lyrics--glossary provided, although using a website for Scots is more easily accessible and more comprehensive.
One commentator states that these ballads are the most true-to-life descriptions available of what life really was like in earlier centuries. (