The English and Scottish popular ballads, volume 1 (of 5) by Francis James Child
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1923
English
"The English and Scottish Popular Ballads, volume 1 (of 5)" by Francis James Child is a scholarly anthology published between 1882-1898. This groundbreaking collection presents 305 traditional ballads from England and Scotland, documenting tales of romance, supernatural encounters, outlaw adventures, and historical events. Child meticulously classi...
forbidden love, family conflict, treachery, and folk heroes—preserving centuries of oral tradition in a monumental work that remains the cornerstone of ballad scholarship. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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