Rose & the Briar: Death, Love and Liberty in the American Ballad

Title: Rose & the Briar: Death, Love and Liberty in the American Ballad
Author: Sean Wilentz
ISBN: 9780393059540
Publisher: W W Norton & Co Inc
Published: 2004
Binding: Hardcover
Language: English
Number of Pages: 406
Section: Music | History & Criticism | General
Publisher Description: The underlying impetus here is that though we have learned much about ballads from folklorists, it is time to hear from novelists and story writers, artists and poets, songwriters and performers. Dave Marsh weighs in on Barbara Allen, R. Crumb on When You go A Courtin', Joyce Carol Oates on Little Maggie, and James Miller on El Paso. There are 23 e