Scottish tragic ballads.

Description

Main Author

Pinkerton, John, 1758-1826.

Language(s)

English

Published

London : J. Nichols, 1781.

Subjects

Ballads, English > Ballads, English / Scotland.

Note

"Dissertations on the oral tradition of poetry, and on the tragic ballad": p.[vii]-xxxvii.
Subsequently published in 2 v., with additions, under title: Select Scotish ballads, 1783.
Edited by John Pinkerton, who in his "Ancient Scotish poems, never before in print ... 1786" (v.1, p.cxxviii-cxxxi) admitted the authorship of the second part of Hardyknute and several of the other poems.
Title vignette.

Physical Description

xxxvii, [1], 130 p. 18 cm.

Locate a Print Version

Find in a library

Viewability