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Constantine, Mary-Ann (Senior Research Fellow, University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies)

Fragments and Meaning in Traditional Song

From the Blues to the Baltic

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This is a study of very short songs: pieces long perceived as 'fragments' or remnants of longer narrative texts, and dismissed as the by-products of a degenerative oral tradition. Coverage includes English, Welsh, Breton, American, and Finnish songs. The authors argue that the inherently metaphorical and connotative idiom of traditional song makes external critical notions of 'completeness' inappropriate: in practice, such pieces are rarely felt to be broken or lacking by those who sing them - they have a strong metonymic force. A wide range of texts and traditions texts and traditions is explored to suggest how short songs may convey meaning… Mehr

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Weitere Autoren: Porter, Gerald (Adjunct Professor of English Literature and Culture, University of Umea, Sweden)
  • ISBN: 978-0-19-726288-7
  • EAN: 9780197262887
  • Produktnummer: 22672604
  • Verlag: Oxford University Press
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2003
  • Seitenangabe: 278 S.
  • Masse: H24.3 cm x B16.4 cm x D1.9 cm 590 g
  • Gewicht: 590
  • Sonstiges: Professional & Vocational

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