This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1907 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER II THE BALLADS I. THE OLDEST GROUPS NGLISH and Scottish ballads may be grouped according to their subject, their form, their relative age. The oldest ballads, apart from any question about the time when they were recorded or rescued from oral tradition, have mainly a stanza of two verses, a ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1907 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER II THE BALLADS I. THE OLDEST GROUPS NGLISH and Scottish ballads may be grouped according to their subject, their form, their relative age. The oldest ballads, apart from any question about the time when they were recorded or rescued from oral tradition, have mainly a stanza of two verses, a constant refrain, and the mark of verbal repetition in its most distinct shape; they are placed by Professor Child in the forefront of his collection; and first of all stands a ballad of riddles. Along with gnomic poetry of varying kinds, the riddle is of quite immemorial age. Together they formed a counterpart to those great chorals of primitive verse which dealt with deeds and things; and this intellectual invasion of poetry can still be traced in low stages of culture. The Botocudos of South America sang, and are probably still singing, in chorus of almost endless repetition, short sentences which not only laid down the lines of epic, as "Good hunting to-day," but also embodied the result of scientific observation and blazed a path for later wisdom-literature and didactic: "Brandy is good!" This little gnomic song can be matched by a formal collection, a didactic poem, in Anglo-Saxon, where there are long sequences of statements not a whit more incisive or complicated than Botocudan lore, -- "frost will freeze, and fire will burn," for an example. Between epic and didactic lie the versus memoriales which Anglo-Saxon preserves in its oldest recorded poem, the "Layof Widsith,"as a very ancient form of history: -- "Atla ruled Huns, Eormanric Goths;" -- but it is clear that the "sentence," the piece of pure wisdom, was an early favorite in choral verse. Lovers of the deep things in poetry, who are inclined to sneer at such commonplace, should...
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has soft covers. Clean from markings. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 450grams, ISBN:
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has soft covers. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 450grams, ISBN:
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Near Fine with no dust jacket. Minor edge wear. Owner's name inside front cover.; Clean and unmarked. Uncreased spine. This new Dover edition first published in 1959 is an unabridged and unaltered republication of the First Edition.; 360 pages.
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Fine; Collectible. This is the OVERSIZED softcover only stated Dover Edition from 1959. Both the cover and the book are in excellent condition. There are no rips, tears, markings, etc. ---and the pages and binding are tight (see photo). **Note: All books listed as FIRST EDITIONS are stated by the publisher in words or number lines--or--only stated editions that include only the publisher and publication date. Check my feedback to see that I sell exactly as I describe.
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