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Books on: literary ballad

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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

THE BRITISH LITERARY BALLAD A Study in Poetic Imitation...xi 1 Literary Ballad Styles 1 2 Literary Ballad Subjects 23...
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New Poets from Old: A Study in Literary Genetics

Book by Henry W. Wells; Columbia University Press, 1940

Subjects:

Literature--History And Criticism--Theory, Etc, Poetry, Style, Literary

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...have specific ties with the literary life of the universities. Most...the year of the Lyrical Ballads by Wordsworth and Coleridge...followed his Salt Water Ballads with The Everylasting Mercy...loosening of the ideals of literary decorum and a thinning out...
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The Literary Guide and Companion to Middle England

Book by Robert M. Cooper; Ohio University Press, 1993

Subjects:

Authors, English--Homes And Haunts--England, English Literature--History And Criticism, Literary Landmarks--England--Guidebooks

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...Parliament as a representative from Hertfordshire. One of his literary guests was the poet Swinburne. The invitation took real courage...of public uproar at Swinburnes newly published Poems and Ballads 1866 . Lines like . . . her sweet white sides And bosom...
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International Dictionary of Literary Awards

Book by Jane Clapp; Scarecrow Press, 1963

Subjects:

Literary Prizes, Literature--Competitions

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...and writing in a variety of literary forms: Novel, Drama, Poetry...Entire work, in particular Ballades pour fantomes 1952 Alain...Bellmanspriset One of the major literary honors of Sweden is this 30...Stockholm C to a "poet or ballad writer" from funds derived...
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The Literary Genres of Edmund Burke: The Political Uses of Literary Form

Book by Frans De Bruyn; Oxford University, 1996

Subjects:

Burke, Edmund--1729-1797--Contributions In Political Science, Burke, Edmund--1729-1797--Technique, Literary Form, Political Science--Great Britain--History--18th Century, Politics And Literature--Great Britain--History--18th Century

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

This study brings a literary perspective to bear upon Edmund Burke's political writings. De Bruyn recontextualizes Burke's writings by exploring what the eighteenth century understood by the term `literature' and by demonstrating how thoroughly he relies on the dominant literary discourses of his ...
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This study brings a literary perspective to bear upon Edmund Burke's political writings. De Bruyn recontextualizes Burke's writings by exploring what the eighteenth century understood by the term `literature' and by demonstrating how thoroughly he relies on the dominant literary discourses of his time, especially the satire and georgic/didactic modes, in composing his speeches and polemics.
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Journal Articles on: literary ballad

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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 Piano...Orlando is an interpretation of a literary work. Sally Potters screenplay...version, some comparisons to the literary form may be made. Potter indicates...Potter has transformed Woolfs literary conceit into a cinematic conceit...
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On Cultural Neoformalism, Spasmodic Poetry, and the Victorian Ballad

Journal article by Jason R. Rudy; Victorian Poetry, Vol. 41, 2003

Subjects:

Ballads--Criticism and interpretation, Blank verse--Criticism and interpretation, British poetry--Criticism and interpretation, Criticism--Innovations, English literature, 1837-1901 (Victorian age)--Criticism and interpretation, Literary criticism--Innovations, Victorian period literature, 1832-1901--Criticism and interpretation

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...Unlike Victorian street ballads, most middle-brow literary ballads--such as the poems W. E. Aytoun published in Blackwoods...1961, p. 9). On the distinction between street and literary ballads, see J. S. Bratton, The Victorian Popular Ballad...
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Currents of Study: Charting the Course of Asian American Literary Criticism

Journal article by Stephen Hong Sohn, John Blair Gamber; Studies in the Literary Imagination, Vol. 37, 2004

Subjects:

Asian American literature--Criticism and interpretation, Criticism--Analysis, Literary criticism--Analysis

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...consisting of essays and interviews, contains a brief version of the "Ballad of Mulan," a biographical essay, as well as a bibliographic history of Kingstons work. In The Literary Voices of Winnifred Eaton: Redefining Ethnicity and Authenticity...
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Conde's Creolite in Literary History

Journal article by Emily Apter; The Romanic Review, Vol. 94, 2003

Subjects:

Conde, Maryse--Services, Literary histories

Collections: History, Literature, Entire Library

...attention to epic genres: le roman daventure, the national ballad, travel chronicles, exoticism, the war novel, la litterature...thinks of Sandra Gilbert and Susan Gubars invention of feminist literary history focusing on women authors and female characters. Along...
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`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

...19-38. For arguments questioning whether `St Stephen and Herod is really a ballad, see David C. Fowler, A Literary History of the Popular Ballad (Durham, NC, 1968), pp. 40-3 et passim. See also E. K. Chambers, English Literature at the Close of the...

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Magazine Articles on: literary ballad

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The Ballad of JT Liar: Writing about His Abusive Background as a Teen Hustler, JT LeRoy Became the Queer Hipsters' Darling. Now It Turns out LeRoy Was a Fake. Dave White, Who Has Covered LeRoy for This Magazine, Reflects on Being Punk'd

Magazine article by Dave White; The Advocate, February 28, 2006

Subjects:

Authors--Behavior, Gay men--Behavior, Writers--Behavior

Collections: Entire Library

The Ballad of JT Liar: Writing about His Abusive...former teenage prostitute, appeared on the literary scene in the 1990s and, after the publication...most innovative, artful, and maddening literary hoaxes of all time. And I was one of the...
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Arrested Development

Magazine article by Theodore Dalrymple; New Criterion, Vol. 20, June 2002

Subjects:

Prisons--Portrayals, depictions, etc., The Ballad of Reading Gaol (Book)--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Wilde, Oscar--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Collections: Entire Library

...am always accompanied by The Ballad of Reading Gaol--not literally...because Oscar Wilde is not a literary figure I much admire: though...to come. I first heard The Ballad read over the radio when I...Later in The Ballad, the famous line becomes more...
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Telling of the Tale

Magazine article by Jorge Luis Borges; The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 286, September 2000

Subjects:

Borges, Jorge Luis, Literary criticism

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...Ruben Dario pointed out, nobody is the literary Adam. Still, it was Poe who wrote that...reminded of G. K. Chesterton, who wrote "The Ballad of the White Horse," a poem about King...accomplished. When Chesterton wrote "The Ballad of the White Horse," it got good reviews...
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Wordsworth Slept Here

Magazine article by Jamie James; The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 285, June 2000

Subjects:

Literary landmarks--United Kingdom, Wordsworth, William--Behavior

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...bookish island is richer with literary associations than the Lake...the publication of Lyrical Ballads (1798), in which many of the...youll hit something with a literary association. A hundred feet...addition to manuscripts of famous literary works, the museum has an excellent...
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The Anatomy Lesson

Magazine article by Arthur C. Danto; The Nation, Vol. 276, May 5, 2003

Subjects:

Artistic creation--Criticism and interpretation, Barney, Matthew--Works, Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.), Creation in art--Criticism and interpretation, Cremaster (Motion picture)--Criticism and interpretation, Motion picture serials--Criticism and interpretation, Movie serials--Criticism and interpretation, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum (New York, New York)--Exhibitions

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...certain idealized femininity--to beauty, music, dancing, fantastic gowns and pumps by Manolo Blahnik--Cremaster 2 is a stylized ballad to violent masculinity. The hero is Gary Gilmore, portrayed by Barney wearing a full beard. Again, the action is dreamlike...

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Newspaper Articles on: literary ballad

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Confessions of a Booker Judge; (and Why a Largely Unknown Writer Is Challenging Zadie, Barnes and Ishiguro) after Years of Criticising Booker Prize Awards, Our Literary Editor Finds That Things Look Less Clear When You Are One of the Judges

Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), September 19, 2005

Subjects:

Barry, Sebastian, Booker Prize

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

...authority of the book lies all in its prose, however. A Long Long Way has the inevitability, the rhythmic certainty, of a great ballad. Every sentence has its own movement and ring. The imagery, presented in the form of straightforward simile, is drawn from Irish...
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Author Oates to Be Honored at Literary Festival

Newspaper article by Nancy Gier; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), September 16, 2006

Subjects:

Festivals

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

...book lovers and aspiring authors Sunday during the Midwest Literary Festival in Aurora. The author, who will be honored with the...about the events in history. The novel is an attempt to write a ballad that keeps repeating. The symbolism represents how people can...
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The Novice Novelist Who Wrote off the Big Boys

Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), January 4, 2006

Subjects:

Literary prizes

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

...her to give up an an academic career has won a prestigious literary award. Ali Smith last night beat Salman Rushdie and Nick Hornby...Down, Rushdies Shalimar the Clown and Christopher Wilsons The Ballad of Lee Cotton - as a glorious work of fiction that inspired...
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`Jesus' Son' Doesn't Have a Prayer

Newspaper article by Gary Arnold; The Washington Times, July 7, 2000

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

...have been eager to embrace Mr. Johnsons depiction of squalor as a preamble to profound literary redemption. The title derives from a Lou Reed ballad called "Heroin." A prodigious leap of delusion may be required to embrace the movie as an...
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Entertainment Email: Bacharach's New Fanclub

Newspaper article; Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland), February 25, 2007

Subjects:

Bacharach, Burt, Sound recordings

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

...for a star-studded new album, Ballads Of The Book. The CD features...writing songs with leading literary figures. Norman received a...artists from the music and literary worlds together. Moffat collaborated...Sinatras hooked up with Ali Smith. Ballad Of The Books will be launched...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: literary ballad

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Ballad

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

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

...ballad, dating from about the 12th cent., and the literary ballad, dating from the late 18th cent. The Folk...Bob Dylan wrote their own ballads. The Literary Ballad The literary ballad is a narrative poem created by a poet in imitation...
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Romanticism

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

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

...many critics now date English literary romanticism from the publication...and Coleridge s Lyrical Ballads (1798). In the preface to...natural everyday diction in literary works. Coleridge emphasized...discounted adherence to arbitrary literary rules. Such English romantic...
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Yugoslav Literature

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

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

...1702 60), wrote his poems in ballad and folk style, while the moralist-philosopher...Karadzic . They developed a literary language based on popular speech...Twentieth Century: A Variety of Literary Movements During the first...modernists sought to assimilate literary trends imported from France...
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Gay, John

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

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

...apprenticed to a silk mercer for a brief time before commencing his literary career in London. The first of his writings to have any real...description of London life. He is remembered chiefly today for his ballad opera, The Beggars Opera (1728), a lighthearted story of...
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Cullen, Countee

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

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

...of the Harlem Renaissance a flowering of black artistic and literary talent in the 1920s Cullen wrote poetry inspired by American...volumes of verse are Color (1925), Copper Sun (1927), The Ballad of the Brown Girl (1927), and On These I Stand (1947...

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