Mary-Ann Constantine, Éva Guillorel

Gebundenes Buch

Miracles and Murders

An Introductory Anthology of Breton Ballads

Beschreibung

The highly dramatic Breton ballad tradition is relatively little-known. This volume explores the nature of the songs and the contexts in which they have been performed. A selection of songs is presented here in the original Breton with English translations and musical notation. The accompanying CD provides examples sung by traditional singers.

Autor

Mary-Ann Constantine is a Reader in Welsh and English literature at the University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies. Her work is concerned with the relations between and mutual influence of the different cultures and languages of Britain (and to some extent beyond) in the late-C18th and early-C19th centuries. She has published books on Breton folklore, ballads and songs, Romantic-era forgery, and Welsh responses to the French Revolution. Her current work is focused on travel writing, the Welsh Tour, and the writings of Thomas Pennant (1726-98). Éva Guillorel is an Associate Professor in Early Modern History at the Université de Caen Normandie. Her studies have included History, Ethnology and Celtic Languages, and she has held postdoctoral fellowships in Brittany, Québec, United States and England. Her works is concerned with oral cultures and languages in early modern Europe and Americas, mainly songs. She published her Ph.D. on the links between Breton Ballads and History. Her current work is focused on the circulation and transformation of oral cultures over space and time, including cultural transfers between Europe and North America.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Liverpool University Press
• Seitenzahl: 250
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Mai 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 246mm x 191mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 748g
• ISBN-13: 9780197266199
• ISBN-10: 0197266193
• Artikelnr.: 47865510