The rose & the briar : death, love and liberty in the American ballad / edited by Sean Wilentz and Greil Marcus.
The ballad has been part of American history since before the country had a name. In this book, the editors have assembled an astonishing group of writers and artists--novelists, essayists, performers, and critics--to explore the ineffable power of the American ballad. In words and in drawings, the...
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| Other title: | Rose and the briar. |
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| Language: | English |
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New York :
W.W. Norton,
©2005.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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Table of Contents:
- Barbara Allen / D. Marsh
- The water is wide / A. Powers
- Pretty Polly / R. Sparks
- Music, when soft voices die / S. McCrumb
- Naomie Wise, 1807 / A. Domino
- John Brown's body / S. Vowell
- When you go a courtin' / R. Crumb
- Little maggiea mystery / J.C. Oates
- We did them wrong: the ballad of Frankie and Albert / C. Brown
- The sad song of Delia Green and Cooney Houston / S. Wilentz
- Destiny in my right hand: The wreck of old 97 and Dead man's curve / D. Thomas
- I thought I heard Buddy Bolden say / L. Sante
- See Willy fly by and The cuckoo / J. Langford
- Mariachi reverie / P. Berman
- The foggy, foggy dew / J. Rockwell
- Come Sunday / S. Crouch
- El Paso / J. Miller
- Trial of Mary Maguire / E. Ward
- Love, lore, celebrity, and dead babies : Dolly Parton's Down from Dover / E. Weisbard
- Sail away and Louisiana 1927 / S. Erickson
- Dancing with Dylan / W. Lesser
- Nebraska / H. Hampton
- Blackwatertown / P. Muldoon
- Envoi / G. Marcus.