Information about a new publication from Roger Wright:


Dear Julia,
        I attach information about the volume "The Singer and the
Scribe", just
out, which has its origin in the Edinburgh ballad conference which
was held
a while ago. I tried to forward it to the Ballads list, but it has been
rejected on the grounds that the list doesn't accept attachments.
Would you
be able to post this on the list? Many thanks  -  Roger Wright


     The Singer and the Scribe: European Ballad traditions and
                      European  Ballad Cultures




Ed. Philip E. Bennett and Richard Firth Green.
Internationale Forschung zur Allgemeinen und Vergleichenden
Literaturwissenschaft, 75
Rodopi, amsterdam, 2004. iv + 223 pp.
ISBN 90-420-1851-8
Price: 48 Euros

The Singer and the Scribe brings together studies of the European
 ballad from the Middle Ages to the twentieth century by major
authorities in the field. It offers an original view of the development
of  the ballad by focusing on the interplay and interdependence of
written  and oral transmission, including studies of modern singers
and their  repertoires and of the role of the audience in generating a
 literary  product which continues to live in performance. While
using specific  case studies the contributors systematically extend
 their reflections on  the ballad as song and as poetry to draw
broader conclusions.  Covering the Hispanic world, including the
Sephardic tradition,  Scandinavia, The Netherlands, Greece,
Russia, England and Scotland  the essays also demonstrate the
interconnections of a European  tradition beyond national
boundaries.

Contributors
Roderick Beaton, King’s College, London, “Balladry in the Medieval
  Greek World”
PhilipE. Bennett, University of Edinburgh, “The Suppression of a
Ballad  Culture: the enigma of medieval France”



Manuelda Costa Fontes, Kent State University, Ohio, “A Morte do
Rei d.  Fernando and Floresvento: two rare Portuguese epic
ballads”



CharlesDuffin, Edinburgh, “Echoes of Authority: audience and
formula  in the Scots ballad text”



Richard Firth Green, Ohio State University, “F. J. Child and Mikhail
 Bakhtin”
ThomasA. McKean, Elphinstone Institute, University of Aberdeen,
“The  Stewarts of Fetterangus and Literate Oral Tradition”



WilliamLayher, Washington University in St Louis, Missouri,
“Looking  up at Holger Dansk og Burmand (DgF 30)”



HuwLewis, University of Edinburgh, “From Oral Adventure Story to
 Literary Tale of Enchantment: the case of the Count Arnaldos
 ballad”



Ad Putter, University of Bristol, “Fier Margrietken: a medieval balad
and  its history”
EkaterinaRogatchevskaia, British Library, London, “Love Story or
Heroic Deed? The Two Faces of Russian Balladry”



MargaretSleeman, University of Aberdeen, “Estrea Aelion,
Salonica  Sephardic Tradition and the Ballad of Imprisoned
Virgil”



RogerWright, University of Liverpool, “Spanish Ballads in a
Changing  World”



There is also an introductory essay by Philip E. Bennett and
Richard  Firth Green, and an index.

Orders to Editions Rodopi B.V.
USA / Canada  fax: (212) 265 6402
All other countries fax: + 31 (0)20 447 29 79  email: <orders-
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Julia C. Bishop (Dr)
National Centre for English Cultural Tradition
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