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Stories from songs : ballads as literary fictions for young adults
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Stories from songs : ballads as literary fictions for young adults

Author: Gail De Vos
Publisher: Westport, Conn. : Libraries Unlimited, 2009.
Edition/Format: Book : English
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Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Gail De Vos
ISBN: 9781591584247 1591584248
OCLC Number: 236328757
Description: xliv, 453 p. ; 26 cm.
Contents: Historical ballads of St. Louis : "Stagolee," "Frankie and Johnny," and "Brady and Duncan" -- Riddle ballads -- Murder ballads : murdered sweethearts, female and male -- Tragic love stories -- Talking birds, singing bones, and materializing revenants -- Otherworld beings -- Shape-shifting ballads and female monsters -- Tricks and disguises -- Ballads as national icons -- A sampling of other ballads.
Responsibility: Gail de Vos ; preface by Anna E. Altmann.

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