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"Edward" and "Sven I Rosengård": A Study in the Dissemination of a Ballad

"Edward" and "Sven I Rosengård": A Study in the Dissemination of a Ballad

Taylor, Archer

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LinguisticsFiction AnthologiesSongwriting

ISBN10: 1888215690
ISBN13: 9781888215694
Publisher: Lightning Source Inc
Published: Feb 15 2018
Pages: 132
Weight: 0.37
Height: 0.28 Width: 5.83 Depth: 8.27
Language: English

'Edward' and 'Sven I Rosengård' is a comparative study of the English and Scandinavian ballad texts. The texts of numerous ballad versions are reproduced in the last half of the book.

The aim of this comparison and analysis is not to determine as many 'original' traits as possible, but to establish the ballad's history and, above all, the manner of its dissemination. It is indeed a desperate undertaking to reconstruct a ballad text, and one hesitates to venture upon such a difficult task. But a systematic comparison and analysis of the variations tells us many things which can be discovered in no other way and leads us to a clearer understanding of the historical development. . . .

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