The Critics and the Ballad

“This is a well-planned book, and the ed­itors have included among their selections many necessary and/or interesting and important articles. It admirably fills two functions: for the scholar it is a conven­ient gathering of articles (many of them difficult of immediate access) and for the students a survey of the modes of ballad criticism.”—Midwest Folklore

“They [the essays] furnish an invalu­able introduction to ballad criticism, and they also provide very good re-reading of the individual essay, not only for itself but as seen in the perspective of time, theme, and theory.”—Journal of International Folk Music Council