I Darena Lat You In: The Child Ballads, Academic Canons, and the Folk Tradition

dc.contributor.advisorStadler, Gustavus
dc.contributor.authorBishop, Jared
dc.date.accessioned2024-07-15T18:02:17Z
dc.date.available2024-07-15T18:02:17Z
dc.date.issued2024
dc.description.abstractMuch academic criticism has been levied against proto-folklorist Francis James Child’s The English and Scottish Popular Ballads (ESPB), primarily focused around how he attempted to define and canonize an entire folk tradition. This thesis argues that while critics may be right about the extent to which the ESPB can be used as an anthology, there still is need and use for looking at this text, especially as it has sprouted adjacent traditions based solely around it. By tracing the ESPB from its origins to its placement in modern academia and the larger folk community today, I explore the canonization of the ESPB as a way of revealing the tension between the closed, rigid nature of academia, and the explosively mutable and communal nature of folk.
dc.description.sponsorshipHaverford College. Department of English
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10066/50268
dc.language.isoeng
dc.rights.accessOpen access
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
dc.subject.lcshBallads
dc.subject.lcshChild, Francis James, 1825-1896. English and Scottish popular ballads
dc.titleI Darena Lat You In: The Child Ballads, Academic Canons, and the Folk Tradition
dc.typeThesis
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