Child's unfinished masterpiece
Subtitle: the English and Scottish popular ballads
By: Mary Ellen Brown
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Urbana
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780252035944
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Prelude : the project; title: The man; title: Francis James Child; title: The English and Scottish popular ballads; title: The description; title: The history of the book; title: Child's great temptation; title: Child's gallant army of auxiliaries; title: The transatlantic collaborators; title: William Macmath; title: partner in the ballad cause; title: George Lyman Kittredge; title: literary executor extraordinaire; title: Postlude : Child's ballad concept redux; title: Appendix A. Wanted, old ballads; title: Appendix B. Invitation; title: Appendix C. Prospectus; title: Appendix D. Rejected pieces.