Mary Ellen Brown

Gebundenes Buch

William Motherwell's Cultural Politics

1797-1835

Beschreibung

"""This is ballad scholarship at its best."-Wilhelm F. Nicolaisen William Motherwell (l797-l835), journalist, poet, man-of-letters, wit, civil servant, and outspoken conservative, published his anthology of ballads, Minstrelsy: Ancient and Modern, in l827. His views on authenticity, editorial practice, the nature of oral transmission, and the importance of sung performance--acquired through field collecting--anticipate much later scholarly discourse. Published after the death of Burns and the p

Autor

Mary Ellen Brown, professor of folklore and director of the Institute for Advanced Study at Indiana University, Bloomington, is editor of the Journal of Folklore Research.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University Press of Kentucky
• Seitenzahl: 280
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Mai 2001
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 584g
• ISBN-13: 9780813121888
• ISBN-10: 0813121884
• Artikelnr.: 22107731