TY  - BOOK
AU  - Brown,Mary Ellen
TI  - Child's unfinished masterpiece: the English and Scottish popular ballads 
SN  - 9780252035944 (cloth : alk. paper)
U1  - 784.3 22
PY  - 2011///
CY  - Urbana
PB  - University of Illinois Press
KW  - Child, Francis James
KW  - England
KW  - Scotland
KW  - Folk song
KW  - Oral tradition
KW  - Ballads
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Prelude : the project  -- The man; Francis James Child -- The English and Scottish popular ballads -- The description -- The history of the book; Child's great temptation -- Child's gallant army of auxiliaries -- The transatlantic collaborators -- William Macmath; partner in the ballad cause -- George Lyman Kittredge; literary executor extraordinaire -- Postlude : Child's ballad concept redux -- Appendix A. Wanted, old ballads -- Appendix B. Invitation -- Appendix C. Prospectus -- Appendix D. Rejected pieces
ER  -