"'If you kiss my clay-cold lips': An Examination of Revenant Ballads in Newfoundland"
This initial analysis of the Newfoundland Child ballad corpus highlights a prominent concern with death and mourning, which altogether articulates a positive discourse on the psychological demands of the grieving process offered as a 'strategy of survival' or fitting response to the natura...
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| Format: | Conference Object |
| Language: | English |
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Société hellénique de laographie
1986
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| Online Access: | https://orbi.uliege.be/handle/2268/89523 |
| Summary: | This initial analysis of the Newfoundland Child ballad corpus highlights a prominent concern with death and mourning, which altogether articulates a positive discourse on the psychological demands of the grieving process offered as a 'strategy of survival' or fitting response to the natural and socio-cultural hazards of the islanders' way of life. |
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