Stories from songs
Subtitle: ballads as literary fictions for young adults
By: Gail de Vos ; preface by Anne E. Altmann.
Publisher: Libraries Unlimited
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Westport, Conn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 453
ISBN-13: 9781591584247
Subjects: Ballads, English -- United States -- History and criticism; Ballads, English -- Great Britain -- History and criticism; Ballads in literature; Literature and folklore; Young adult fiction -- History and criticism; Teenagers -- Books and reading
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Historical ballads of St. Louis : "Stagolee", "Frankie and Johnny", and "Brady and Duncan"; title: Riddle ballads; title: Murder ballads : murdered sweethearts, female and male; title: Tragic love stories; title: Talking birds, singing bones, and materializing revenants; title: Otherworld beings; title: Shape shifting ballads and female monsters; title: Tricks and disguises; title: Ballads as national icons; title: A sampling of other ballads in a variety of formats.