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CONTENTS
PREFACE vii
Chapter One. THE NATURE OF BALLADS 1
Chapter Two. BRITISH BALLADS AND THEIR CONTI-
NENTAL RELATIONS
15
Chapter Three. BALLAD STORIES 36
Chapter Four. BALLAD TUNES 67
Chapter Five. BALLAD CHARACTERISTICS 84
Chapter Six. BALLADS AS A RECORD OF THE PAST 131
Chapter Seven. THE NATURE OF BALLAD VARIATION 163
Chapter Eight. THE ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT OF
THE BALLAD AS A MUSICAL AND POETICAL
FORM
189
Chapter Nine. BALLADS AND BROADSIDES 235
Chapter Ten. SOME PHENOMENA OF AMERICAN
BALLADRY
255
Appendix. SPECIMEN BALLADS OF AMERICAN ORIGIN 275
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY 297
INDEX OF BALLAD TITLES 305
GENERAL INDEX 309

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Publication Information: Book Title: The Ballad of Tradition. Contributors: Gordon Hall Gerould - author. Publisher: Clarendon Press. Place of Publication: Oxford. Publication Year: 1932. Page Number: vi.
    
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