DOI: 10.3986/Traditio2011400302        (PDF )

Naslov/Title
What to do with … Folklore? What to … with Ballads? Revisiting »Mrs Brown of Falkland«

Avtorica/Author
Sigrid Rieuwerts

Izvleček
Z enim najstarejših in najpomembnejših doslej izdanih angleških baladnih repertoarjev bi se rada vnovič vrnila k pevki gospe Brownovi s Falklanda (1747–1810) in razpravljala o tem, kaj vključuje študij balad na spološno in kaj v posameznostih.

Abstract
With one of the oldest and most important ballad repertoires in English now published, I would like to revisit the singer Mrs Brown of Falkland (1747-1810) and discuss what is involved in studying ballads in general and her ballads in particular.

Ključne besede
balade, raziskovalna metodologija, ustnost, gospa Brown iz Falklanda

Keywords
ballads, research methodology, orality, Mrs Brown of Falkland

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