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Informationen zum Autor Mary Ellen Brown is a professor emerita of folklore! women's studies! and English (adjunct) at Indiana University Bloomington. Her previous publications include "William Motherwell's Cultural Politics! 1797-1835" and "Burns and Tradition." Klappentext An in-depth analysis of the creation of Child's opus! The English and Scottish Popular Ballads Zusammenfassung An in-depth analysis of the creation of Child's opus! The English and Scottish Popular Ballads Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments ix Prelude: The Project 1 1. The Man - Francis James Child 7 The English and Scottish Popular Ballads 2. The Description 71 3. The History of the Book - Child's Great Temptation 78 Child's Gallant Army of Auxiliaries 4. The Transatlantic Collaborators 159 5. William Macmath - Partner in the Ballad Cause 186 6. George Lyman Kittredge - Literary Executor Extraordinaire 213 Postlude: Child's Ballad Concept Redux 231 Appendix A. Wanted! Old Ballads 249 Appendix B. Invitation 251 Appendix C. Prospectus 258 Appendix D. Rejected Pieces 260 Bibliography 265 Index 275
