The Ballad and Oral Literature

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Introduction
Technique, Text, and Context: Formulaic Narrative Mode and the Question of Genre
Popular Modes of Narration and the Popular Ballad
Talerole Analysis and Child's Supernatural Ballads
The Historical Moorings of "The Gypsy Laddie": Johnny Faa and Lady Cassillis
The Americanization of Scottish Ballads: Counterevidence from the Southwest of Scotland
Parity of Ignorance: Child's Judgment on "Sir Cohn" and the Scottish Verdict "Not Proven"
Literary Backgrounds of the Scandinavian Ballad
Oral Literature, Written Literature: The Ballad and Old Norse Genres
Tradition and Innovation: The Influence of Child Ballads on the Anglo-American Literary Ballad
Cultural Diglossia and the Nature of Medieval Latin Literature
Song and Dance: Reflections on a Comparison of Faroese Ballad with Greek Choral Lyric
Ring Composition in Maldon; or, a Possible Case of Chiasmus in a Late Anglo-Saxon Poem
The Middle English Popular Romance: Minstrel versus Hack Writer
Gräkappan (AT 425) as Chapbook and Folktale in Sweden
The Interplay of Genres in Oral Epic Performance: Differentially Marked Discourse in a Northern Egyptian Tradition
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