Project Gutenberg 2009-08-17 Public domain in the USA. 194 Geddie, John 1848 1937 The Balladists Famous Scots Series, 6 Reading ease score: 62.6 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. Produced by Susan Skinner and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "The Balladists" by John Geddie is a literary exploration focused on the Scottish ballad form, written in the late 19th century. This work serves as an informative study bridging the beauty and characteristics of Scottish ballads with their historical and cultural significance. Geddie emphasizes the collective voice of the nameless poets who contributed to this rich oral tradition. At the start of the book, the author introduces the essence of Scottish balladry, highlighting its characteristics, growth, and historical context. He notes the enigmatic nature of the balladists, primarily their anonymity, and discusses how the ballads capture the emotions and experiences of the people from whom they originated. Geddie further illustrates that these traditional songs reflect deep-rooted themes of love, tragedy, and the supernatural while emphasizing that the true strength of these ballads lies in their ability to connect generations through oral recitation and cultural memory. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Ballads, Scots -- History and criticism PR Text Famous Scots Series Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature 290873 290880 2024-10-12T16:53:59.697031 2023-09-13T07:33:28.641138 text/html text/html 292820 2021-01-05T10:45:49 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 178099 2021-01-05T10:45:49 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 193581 2024-10-12T16:54:05.570992 application/epub+zip 198520 2024-10-12T16:54:00.763010 application/epub+zip 158724 2024-10-12T16:54:00.224006 application/epub+zip 290232 2024-10-12T16:54:08.806979 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 318418 2024-10-12T16:54:04.887008 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 278992 2022-09-13T16:46:20.737510 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 241874 241788 2024-10-12T16:53:58.793193 2023-09-13T07:33:27.835149 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 241705 2021-01-05T10:45:49 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 96972 2021-01-05T10:45:49 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 241713 2021-01-05T10:45:49 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 96892 2021-01-05T10:45:49 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21259 2024-10-12T16:54:08.953951 application/rdf+xml 13121 2024-10-12T16:54:00.313995 image/jpeg 2107 2024-10-12T16:54:00.269013 image/jpeg 178225 2024-10-12T16:53:59.728002 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia