The Twilight of the British Literary Ballad in the Eighteenth Century. By
Mitsuyoshi Yamanaka. Fukuoka: Kyushu UP, November 2001. 418pp. 9,660JPY
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The ballad enjoyed a revival in the eighteenth century in Britain,
galvanized by Bishop Thomas Percy's great achievement - the Reliques of
Ancient English Poetry - and almost every major poet since then has left
some literary ballads inspired by the tradition.
Yamanaka's highly informative account examines the ways in which the ballad
imitations differ from their predecessors, and offers detailed analysis of
how poets despite and sometimes because of their enthusiasm for the form
deviated from traditional practice. This important discussion grounds the
eighteenth century imitations in their historical context around 1765 when
Percy's edition was published, and his editorial intrusions are related to
the sentimental taste of the period, with Samuel Johnson's fascinating
ambivalence towards balladry receiving due attention. The latest
contribution to eighteenth century studies clarifies the various formal
innovations which in part define literary balladry. 'Poets on the Ballad'
in the Appendix is provided as study material on the literary ballad,
including a rich selection of comments from essays, letters, journals, and
other sources.
Main Contents: 1 Deviations from Tradition / 2 The Vogue for
Sentimentality / 3 Roads to the High Romantic / Appendix I Texts of
Traditional and Literary Ballads / Appendix II Poets on the Ballad /
Appendix III List of Literary Ballads.
Mitsuyoshi Yamanaka is Professor of British Literature at Fukuoka Women's
University, Japan. He has worked extensively on the British ballad heritage
as critic, editor and translator. His publications include A Book of
Ballads - English and Scottish Folk Songs (1978), Traditional and Literary
Ballads (1980), Traditional Ballads: An Appreciation (1988), Ballads - Love
Songs under the Greenwood Trees (1993), and A Book of Fourteen English
Narrative Poems - From the Traditional Ballad to Auden (1998).
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