Aspects of Evil in Traditional Murder Ballads
Traditional, or folk, ballads deal with common themes, often “leaping” over some details of plot and character while “lingering” on others, with the result that songs passed down orally through generations often appear in many variants. This paper will examine several songs from Martin Simpson’s 197...
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| Language: | English |
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University of Ljubljana Press (Založba Univerze v Ljubljani)
2014-05-01
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| Series: | ELOPE |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.uni-lj.si/elope/article/view/3184 |