Fragments and Meaning in Traditional Song: From the Blues to the Baltic (British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowship Monographs) Book + PRICE WATCH * Amazon pricing is not included in price watch

Fragments and Meaning in Traditional Song: From the Blues to the Baltic (British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowship Monographs) Book

This is a study of very short songs: pieces long perceived as 'fragments' or remnants of longer narrative texts, and dismissed as the by-products of a degenerative oral tradition. Coverage includes English, Welsh, Breton, American, and Finnish songs. The authors argue that the inherently metaphorical and connotative idiom of traditional song makes external critical notions of 'completeness' inappropriate: in practice, such pieces are rarely felt to be broken or lacking by those who sing them - they have a strong metonymic force. A wide range of texts and traditions texts and traditions is explored to suggest how short songs may convey meaning both in performance and in non-traditional contexts such as the literary novel.Read More

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  • 0197262880
  • 9780197262887
  • Mary-Ann Constantine, Gerald Porter
  • 7 August 2003
  • OUP/British Academy
  • Hardcover (Book)
  • 280
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