american ballad - Books, journals, articles @ The Questia Online Library

1.

The Critics & the Ballad

Book by Macedward E. Leach, Tristram P. Coffin; Southern Illinois University Press, 1961

Subjects:

Ballads, English--United States--History and criticism, Folk songs, American--History and criticism

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...Mary Hamilton and the Anglo-American Ballad as an Art Form TRISTRAM...concerning the position of balladry in American culture. Things have been...Folksong, Smith South Carolina Ballads, Sandburg The American Songbag, Randolph Ozark...
2.

The Ballad Tree: A Study of British and American Ballads, Their Folklore, Verse and Music, Together with Sixty Traditional Ballads and Their Tunes

Book by Evelyn Kendrick Wells; Ronald Press, 1950

Subjects:

Ballads, English--Great Britain, Ballads, English--Great Britain--History And Criticism, Ballads, English--United States, Ballads, English--United States--History And Criticism

Collections: Entire Library

...STUDY OF BRITISH AND AMERICAN BALLADS, THEIR FOLKLORE...of much indigenous American song. The reason for another book about ballads is the very multiplicity...and Rufty, An American Anthology of Old-World Ballads 1937 , p. 42...
3.

The British Literary Ballad: A Study in Poetic Imitation

Book by G. Malcolm Laws Jr.; Southern Illinois University Press, 1972

Subjects:

Ballads, English--Great Britain--History And Criticism

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...classify the British broadside ballads in American tradition, I found that love...Supernatural a See American Balladry from British Broadsides...largely confined to North American tradition. Ballads about John Paul Jones are...
4.

Poetic Origins and the Ballad

Book by Louise Pound; The Macmillan Company, 1921

Subjects:

Ballads

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...opinion. The leading American writer on ballads in recent times, Professor...4 To pass from American opinion to British, that excellent ballad scholar, Professor...English and Scottish ballads and their American descendants or analogues...
5.

The Ballad of America: The History of the United States in Song and Story

Book by John Anthony Scott; Southern Illinois University Press, 1983

Subjects:

Ballads, English--United States, Ballads, English--United States--History And Criticism, Folk Music--United States--History And Criticism, Folk Songs, English--United States, Folk Songs, English--United States--History And Criticism

Collections: History, Entire Library

...and also one of the first American broadside ballads of which we have a record...Frank Moore in Songs and Ballads of the American Revolution, but he gives...traitor who fled. This uniquely American ballad comes down to us through...

MORE BOOK RESULTS: 1-10 11-20 21-30 31-40 41-50 >>

Top

1.

Feminist Visions of Transformation in the Ballad of Little Jo, the Piano, and Orlando

Journal article by David Natharius, Bethami A. Dobkin; Women and Language, Vol. 25, 2002

Subjects:

Feminism and motion pictures--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Feminism and motion pictures--Social aspects, Feminism--Portrayals, depictions, etc., Feminist motion pictures, Motion pictures--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Motion pictures--Social aspects, Orlando (Motion picture)--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Orlando (Motion picture)--Social aspects, The Ballad of Little Jo (Motion picture)--Criticism, interpretation, etc., The Ballad of Little Jo (Motion picture)--Social aspects, The Piano (Motion picture)--Criticism, interpretation, etc., The Piano (Motion picture)--Social aspects, Women--Portrayals, depictions, etc.

Collections: Entire Library

...Ascension in Orlando Both Ballad of Little Jo and The...Orlando appeared in American theaters in June, 1993...radical feminism. In Ballad of Little Jo, Jo exemplifies...James Bowman, rev of The Ballad of Little Jo, The American Spectator 26:11 (Nov...
2.

Ballad of Bertie County

Journal article by Evie Shockley; African American Review, Vol. 38, 2004

Subjects:

Ballad of bertie county (Poem)

Collections: Entire Library

Ballad of Bertie County. by Evie Shockley ballad of bertie county i. it was our hope to get there long before dark, but this part...
3.

A Resisting Performance of an Appalachian Traditional Murder Ballad: Giving Voice to "Pretty Polly"

Journal article by Lydia Hamessley; Women & Music, Vol. 9, 2005

Subjects:

International Association for the Study of Popular Music

Collections: Entire Library

...Song U.S.A.: 111 Best-Loved American Ballads. (13) Despite the influence...Was She: Gender and Power in American Balladry," in Susan C. Cook and Judy...British broadside ballads, and American ballads either newly composed or based...
4.

How Indic Parallels to the Ballad of the "Walled-Up Wife" Reveal the Pitfalls of Parochial Nationalistic Folkloristics

Journal article by Alan Dundes; Journal of American Folklore, Vol. 108, 1995

Subjects:

Folklore, Folklore--United States, Manners And Customs, United States--Social Life And Customs

Collections: Entire Library

...folklore at the University of California, Berkeley Journal of American Folklore 108(427):38-53. Copyright 1995 , Amenican Folklore...narrative with special emphasis on myths and folktales. The ballad genre seems to have been pretty much ignored by those advocating...
5.

`The Ballad of St Stephen and Herod': Biblical History and Medieval Popular Religious Culture

Journal article by Thomas D. Hill; Medium Aevum, Vol. 70, 2001

Subjects:

Ballads--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Kings and rulers--Portrayals, depictions, etc., Literature, Medieval--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Religious life--Portrayals, depictions, etc., St Stephen and Herod (Song)--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Collections: Religious Studies, History, Literature, Entire Library

...Conn., 1980), VI, 2038-9 for bibliography. For modern reprintings of the `Stephen and Herod ballad, see A Treasury of Great Poems English and American, ed. Louis Untermeyer (New York, 1955), pp. 159-60; The Norton Anthology of Poetry, ed. Alexander...

MORE JOURNAL RESULTS: 1-10 11-20 21-30 31-40 41-50 >>

Top

1.

The Ballad in the Street: Listening for the Muffled Strains of a National Culture

Magazine article by Alan Trachtenberg; American Scholar, Vol. 76, Winter 2007

Subjects:

Ballads--Social aspects, Lincoln's Smile and Other Enigmas (Book)--Excerpts

Collections: Entire Library

The Ballad in the Street: Listening for...full of surprises." The "American vagaries" that Rourke studied...origins, the academic field of American studies took from Emerson...the milk in the pan; the ballad in the street; the news of...
2.

Ballad of Yachiyo

Magazine article by Philip Kan Gotanda; American Theatre, Vol. 13, February 1996

Subjects:

Drama

Collections: Entire Library

Ballad of Yachiyo by Philip Kan Gotanda Upstage: a large screen for slides and video. We hear the haunting strains of a Japanese...
3.

The Ballad of Fawn and Arturo

Magazine article by Jefferson Morley; The Nation, Vol. 245, October 17, 1987

Subjects:

Contras (Nicaragua)--Public opinion, Cruz, Arturo, Jr.--Public opinion, Hall, Fawn--Public opinion, Nicaragua, Nicaraguan foreign relations--United States, United States, United States foreign relations--Nicaragua

Collections: Entire Library

The Ballad of Fawn and Arturo...leader. They are the fruit of American political culture, a decently...aspires to be an icon of American innocence; Arturo, though...Nicaragua, is a model of American guilelessness. She is intelligent...
4.

Grace and Goodwill: The Ballad of Eric-Uncle and Rev. Jey

Magazine article by James A. Mitchell; The Humanist, Vol. 67, May-June 2007

Subjects:

Humanitarian aid, Orphanages--Services, Sri Lankan history

Collections: Entire Library

Grace and Goodwill: The Ballad of Eric-Uncle and Rev. Jey. by James A. Mitchell In his...group Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam. In this companion piece, an American attorney accepts a challenge from a determined minister to build...
5.

Teaching Students about the Environment with Henry David Thoreau

Magazine article; Curriculum Review, Vol. 47, March 2008

Subjects:

Drama--Product information, Plays--Product information, Walden: The Ballad of Thoreau (Play)--Product information

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...earth lover, author, pencil maker ... and is the most quoted American writer in history. His book, Walden, recounts his experiences...history with philosophical insight. About the Play "Walden: The Ballad of Thoreau" is a Two act, one set play involving FOUR actors...

MORE MAGAZINE RESULTS: 1-10 11-20 21-30 31-40 41-50 >>

Top

1.

Music: Stunning Ballad Is Heartfelt Contrast

Newspaper article; Daily Post (Liverpool, England), April 1, 2005

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...upbeat tracks, I Bruise Easily is her first ballad. Co-written by Natasha, Paul Herman (Dido...sister KELLY CLARKSON Since U Been Gone American Idol Kelly Clarkson first burst onto the...album, aptly titled Thankful. The all-American former waitresss next album, Breakaway...
2.

The Ballad of Put-Upon Paul and Heather the Harassed; 'Gold-Digger' Taunts Spur McCartneys to Get Back at the Critics in Song

Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), April 16, 2005

Subjects:

McCartney, Paul

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...they dont get anything like the same sort of criticism in the American newspapers. There, the journalists still seem to be in awe...press criticism. He actually worked with John Lennon on The Ballad of John and Yoko which is about how Lennon was crucified by...
3.

Springsteen's Political Ballad; His Support for Kerry Could Affect Fan Base

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, November 5, 2004

Subjects:

Springsteen, Bruce

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

Springsteens Political Ballad; His Support for Kerry Could Affect...over New York City cops furious at "American Skin (41 Shots)," Mr. Springsteens...they failed to notice was that liberal American Catholics are a trifle compared to...
4.

'Ballad' an Off-Key Father-Daughter Duet; Too Many Wrong Notes Spoil Actors' Good Work

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, April 1, 2005

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Velocity," was a meditation on modern American womanhood condensed into three short...something profound. Again, not quite. "The Ballad of Jack and Rose" stars her husband, the...not quite in the way he intended. "The Ballad" is two distinct songs - one of Jacks...
5.

'Ballad' No Ode to Utopia; Usually Absorbed Day-Lewis Detached from New Character

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, March 31, 2005

Subjects:

Day-Lewis, Daniel

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...uniformly approachable; people just like to be around her." "The Ballad," which opens tomorrow in area theaters, stars Mr. Day-Lewis...boy, he says, he found the concept of communes and the 1960s American counterculture "exotic." "I was intrigued in the way a kid...

MORE NEWSPAPER RESULTS: 1-10 11-20 21-30 31-40 41-50 >>

Top

1.

Ballad

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...be confined to any one period or place; similar subject matter appears in the ballads of other peoples. Indigenous American ballads deal mainly with cowboys, folk heroes such as Casey Jones and Paul Bunyan, the mountain folk of Kentucky and Tennessee...
2.

Jones, Casey

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

JONES, CASEY 1864 1900, American locomotive engineer celebrated in ballad and song, probably b. Jordan, Fulton co., Ky. His...worker, Wallace Saunders, soon composed a popular ballad about him; one version of it, Casey Jones, was...
3.

BenÉt, Stephen Vincent

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

BENET, STEPHEN VINCENT bena , 1898 1943, American poet and author, b. Bethlehem, Pa., grad. Yale, 1919; brother...college, Benet published several volumes of verse, including A Ballad of William Sycamore (1923), and several novels, of which...
4.

Wigglesworth, Michael

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

WIGGLESWORTH, MICHAEL 1631 1705, American clergyman and poet, b. England, grad. Harvard, 1651. His family...medicine and wrote didactic poetry. His Day of Doom (1662), a ballad of Puritan theology, was extremely popular and was followed...
5.

Folk Song

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...transplanting is the English ballad found in various...In addition, many American folk songs are of...African origin. Americans occasionally consider...collection of English ballad texts, appeared...many varieties of American folk songs from...others. See also ballad ; chantey...

MORE ENCYCLOPEDIA RESULTS: 1-10 11-19

Top

Search the Library:

Collection(s):

Your search for: american AND ballad

Found 9,380 results:

Books: 7,623

Journal Articles: 708

Magazine Articles: 374

Newspaper Articles: 656

Encyclopedia Articles: 19

Books on: american ballad

7,623 results - MORE BOOK RESULTS: 1-10 11-20 21-30 31-40 41-50 >>

MORE BOOK RESULTS: 1-10 11-20 21-30 31-40 41-50 >>

Journal Articles on: american ballad

708 results - MORE JOURNAL RESULTS: 1-10 11-20 21-30 31-40 41-50 >>

MORE JOURNAL RESULTS: 1-10 11-20 21-30 31-40 41-50 >>

Magazine Articles on: american ballad

374 results - MORE MAGAZINE RESULTS: 1-10 11-20 21-30 31-40 41-50 >>

MORE MAGAZINE RESULTS: 1-10 11-20 21-30 31-40 41-50 >>

Newspaper Articles on: american ballad

656 results - MORE NEWSPAPER RESULTS: 1-10 11-20 21-30 31-40 41-50 >>

MORE NEWSPAPER RESULTS: 1-10 11-20 21-30 31-40 41-50 >>

Encyclopedia Articles on: american ballad

19 results - MORE ENCYCLOPEDIA RESULTS: 1-10 11-19

MORE ENCYCLOPEDIA RESULTS: 1-10 11-19