A compelling subject for critical study, the ballad provokes a fresh look at such concepts as tradition and the individual talent; orality, literacy and the literary; authenticity, stability and variation; narrative and lyric; originality and transmission. Providing the ideal introduction to the genre of the ballad, this guide outlines and investigates the critical discussion of the term from its origins to the present day.
| ISBN: | 9780415222259 |
| Publication date: | 31st December 2023 |
| Author: | Suzanne Gilbert |
| Publisher: | Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 200 pages |
| Series: | The New Critical Idiom |
| Genres: |
Literary studies: general Literary theory Poetry |