PREFACE

CONTENTS

CHAPTER I BALLAD CHARACTERISTICS

CHAPTER II BALLAD GROWTH AND BALLAD HISTORY

CHAPTER III BALLAD STRUCTURE AND BALLAD STYLE

CHAPTER IV THE MYTHOLOGICAL BALLAD

CHAPTER V THE ROMANTIC BALLAD

CHAPTER VI THE HISTORICAL BALLAD

CHAPTER VII CONCLUSION

THE
BALLADISTS

BY
JOHN
GEDDIE

FAMOUS
·SCOTS·
·SERIES·

PUBLISHED BY
OLIPHANT ANDERSON
& FERRIER · EDINBURGH
AND LONDON

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