Flowering thorn, The: international ballad studies

• Other Authors: McKean, Thomas A.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Colorado State University. Libraries 2007
• Subjects: Ballads > History and criticism; Folk literature > History and criticism; Sheila; McCarthy; Atkinson; Luisa; Newfoundland
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10217/87770

Edited by Thomas A. McKean. Includes bibliographical references and index. The flowering thorn expresses the dual nature of the ballad: at once a distinctive expression of European tradition, but also somewhat tricky to approach from a scholarly perspective, requiring a range of disciplines to illum...