The Anglo-Scottish Ballad and Its Imaginary Contexts

Author:   David Atkinson
Publisher:   Open Book Publishers
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9781783740284


Pages:   228
Publication Date:   12 March 2014
Format:   Hardback
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The Anglo-Scottish Ballad and Its Imaginary Contexts


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This is the first book to combine contemporary debates in ballad studies with the insights of modern textual scholarship. Just like canonical literature and music, the ballad should not be seen as a uniquely authentic item inextricably tied to a documented source, but rather as an unstable structure subject to the vagaries of production, reception, and editing. Among the matters addressed are topics central to the subject, including ballad origins, oral and printed transmission, sound and writing, agency and editing, and textual and melodic indeterminacy and instability. While drawing on the time-honoured materials of ballad studies, the book offers a theoretical framework for the discipline to complement the largely ethnographic approach that has dominated in recent decades. Primarily directed at the community of ballad and folk song scholars, the book will be of interest to researchers in several adjacent fields, including folklore, oral literature, ethnomusicology, and textual scholarship.

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Author:   David Atkinson
Publisher:   Open Book Publishers
Imprint:   Open Book Publishers
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.499kg
ISBN:  

9781783740284


ISBN 10:   1783740280
Pages:   228
Publication Date:   12 March 2014
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In stock   Availability explained
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