Bartlett Jere Whiting (1904–1995)
Auteur de Traditional British Ballads
A propos de l'auteur
Œuvres de Bartlett Jere Whiting
The College Survey of English Literature, Volume Two: The Romantic Period, The Victorian Period, The Contemporary… (1942) 13 exemplaires
The College Survey of English Literature, Volume One(1): The Early Period, The Sixteenth Century, The Seventeenth… (1942) 11 exemplaires
Proverbs, sentences, and proverbial phrases; from English writings mainly before 1500 (1968) 8 exemplaires
Oeuvres associées
The College Survey of English Literature Shorter Edition, Revised (1942) — Directeur de publication — 25 exemplaires
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Nom canonique
- Whiting, Bartlett Jere
- Date de naissance
- 1904
- Date de décès
- 1995
- Sexe
- male
- Professions
- professor (English)
Membres
Critiques
Proverbs, sentences, and proverbial phrases from… par Bartlett Jere Whiting
Ex-lib. Whitmore Library, Salt Lake County Library System (Utah)
This is a good selection of traditional English and Scottish ballads, each provided with a brief scholarly introduction on sources and historical basis if any. American analogs are mentioned but not given in full. Th e ballads are divided into topical sections, romantic, tragic( a large group), historical, outlaw (2 Robin Hood ballads, Robin and Guy of Gisbourne and Robin and the Monk, plus Johnnie Cock, a poacher who dies fighting 7 foresters), supernatural, (another large category) and humorous (only three "Our Goodman" " The Farmer's Cursed Wife" , and "Get Up and Bar the Door"). All are well-chosen and effective.… (plus d'informations)
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 9
- Aussi par
- 2
- Membres
- 138
- Popularité
- #148,171
- Évaluation
- 4.4
- Critiques
- 2
- ISBN
- 12
- Langues
- 2