Description: Further DetailsTitle: The Ballad Repertoire of Anna Gordon, Mrs Brown of FalklandCondition: NewFormat: HardbackISBN-10: 1897976321EAN: 9781897976326ISBN: 9781897976326Publisher: Scottish Text SocietyRelease Date: 04/21/2011Description: Edition of an important collection of ballads, taken down in the eighteenth century from a female singer.It is generally acknowledged that no Scottish ballads are superior in kind to those recited by Mrs Brown of Falkland (1747-1810). Her ballads date from an earlier age and contain the themes and motifs of medieval romance and folktale, a world full of kings and queens, knights and ladies, love and betrayal and encounters with the otherworld. They are entirely from an oral tradition, passed down a female line of transmission from her mother, grandmother andaunts; they thus provide a unique glimpse into the collective memory of Scotland in the age of enlightenment. This edition presents Mrs Brown's collection entirely in the order in which she preserved it, prior to the intervention of (male) ballad collectors such as Walter Scott, Robert Jamieson and `Monk' Lewis. It provides the texts of all Mrs Brown's manuscripts; where a ballad is recorded in more than one version, it presents the different recensions in facing page format, enabling an easy comparison. Music from the original manuscripts is also given in modern notation. A full introduction and notes complete the volume. Professor Sigrid Rieuwerts teaches at SiegenUniversity.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: GBItem Height: 216mmItem Length: 138mmContributor: Sigrid Rieuwerts (Edited by)Author: Sigrid RieuwertsGenre: Poetry & DramaBook Series: Scottish Text Society Fifth SeriesType: StylesItem Weight: 494gRelease Year: 2011 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Publication Name: The Ballad Repertoire of Anna Gordon, Mrs Brown of Falkland
Title: The Ballad Repertoire of Anna Gordon, Mrs Brown of Falkland
ISBN-10: 1897976321
EAN: 9781897976326
ISBN: 9781897976326
Release Date: 04/21/2011
Release Year: 2011
Country/Region of Manufacture: GB
Contributor: Sigrid Rieuwerts (Edited by)
Series: Scottish Text Society Fifth Series
Type: Styles
Book Title: Ballad Repertoire of Anna Gordon, Mrs Brown of Falkland
Number of Pages: 354 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Scottish Text Society
Topic: Women Authors, Genres & Styles / Folk & Traditional, Lyrics, European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
Publication Year: 2011
Item Height: 0.9 in
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Literary Criticism, Music, Literary Collections
Item Weight: 17.4 Oz
Item Length: 8.5 in
Author: Sigrid Rieuwerts
Item Width: 5.4 in
Book Series: Scottish Text Society Fifth Ser.
Format: Hardcover
