Tristram Potter Coffin's The British Traditional Ballad in North America, published in 1950, became recognized as the standard reference to the published material on the Child ballad in North America. Centering on the theme of story variation, the book examines ballad variation in general, treats the development of the traditional ballad into an art form, and provides a bibliographical guide to story variation as well as a general bibliography of titles referred to in the guide.
Roger deV. Renwick's supplement to The British Traditional Ballad in North...
Tristram Potter Coffin's The British Traditional Ballad in North America, published in 1950, became recognized as the standard referen...
