'The Singer and the Scribe 'brings together studies of the European ballad from the Middle Ages to the twentieth century by major authorities in the field and is of interest to students of European literature, popular traditions and folksong. It offers an original view of the development of the ballad by focusing on the interplay and interdependence of written and oral transmission, including studies of modern singers and their repertoires and of the role of the audience in generating a literary product which continues to live in performance. While using specific case studies the contributors systematically extend their reflections on the ballad as song and as poetry to draw broader conclusions. Covering the Hispanic world, including the Sephardic tradition, Scandinavia, The Netherlands, Greece, Russia, England and Scotland the essays also demonstrate the interconnections of a European tradition beyond national boundaries.
Table of contents:
Philip E. BENNETT and Richard F. GREEN: Introduction
Roderick BEATON: Balladry in the Medieval Greek World
Ekaterina ROGATCHEVSKAIA: Love Story or Heroic Deed? (The Two Faces of Russian Balladry: 'Bylas and 'Ballads)
Huw LEWIS: From Oral Adventure Story to Literary Tale of Enchantment: the case of the Count Arnaldos ballad
Manuel DA COSTA FONTES: a Morte do Rei D. Fernando and Floresvento: two rare Portuguese epic ballads
Ad PUTTER: 'Fier Margrietken': a medieval ballad and its history
William LAYHER: Looking up at 'Holger Dansk og Burman' (DgF 30)
Philip E. BENNETT: The Suppression of a Ballad Culture: the enigma of medieval France
Richard FIRTH GREEN: F.J. Child and Mikail Bakhtin
Charles DUFFIN: Echoes of Authority: audience and formula in the Scots ballad text
Margaret SLEEMAN: Estrea Aelion, Salonica Sephardic Tradition and the Ballad of Imprisoned Virgil
Roger WRIGHT: Spanish Ballads in a Changing World
Thomas A. McKEAN: The Stewarts of Fetterangus and Literate Oral Tradition
List of Contributors
Index
Table of contents:
Philip E. BENNETT and Richard F. GREEN: Introduction
Roderick BEATON: Balladry in the Medieval Greek World
Ekaterina ROGATCHEVSKAIA: Love Story or Heroic Deed? (The Two Faces of Russian Balladry: 'Bylas and 'Ballads)
Huw LEWIS: From Oral Adventure Story to Literary Tale of Enchantment: the case of the Count Arnaldos ballad
Manuel DA COSTA FONTES: a Morte do Rei D. Fernando and Floresvento: two rare Portuguese epic ballads
Ad PUTTER: 'Fier Margrietken': a medieval ballad and its history
William LAYHER: Looking up at 'Holger Dansk og Burman' (DgF 30)
Philip E. BENNETT: The Suppression of a Ballad Culture: the enigma of medieval France
Richard FIRTH GREEN: F.J. Child and Mikail Bakhtin
Charles DUFFIN: Echoes of Authority: audience and formula in the Scots ballad text
Margaret SLEEMAN: Estrea Aelion, Salonica Sephardic Tradition and the Ballad of Imprisoned Virgil
Roger WRIGHT: Spanish Ballads in a Changing World
Thomas A. McKEAN: The Stewarts of Fetterangus and Literate Oral Tradition
List of Contributors
Index