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portada The Only True Folksongs in English: American Ballad Scholarship, 1855-1915
Type
Physical Book
Publisher
Author
Year
2026
Language
English
Pages
336
Format
Paperback
Dimensions
22.90 x 15.20 cm
ISBN13
9781496864024

The Only True Folksongs in English: American Ballad Scholarship, 1855-1915

Bell, Michael J. (Author) · University Press of Mississippi · Paperback

The Only True Folksongs in English: American Ballad Scholarship, 1855-1915 - Bell, Michael J.

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Synopsis "The Only True Folksongs in English: American Ballad Scholarship, 1855-1915"

The Only True Folksongs in English: American Ballad Scholarship, 1855-1915 uncovers how nineteenth-century American scholars including the children of farmers, sail makers, and ministers set out to prove that a young republic could, in fact, have its own folk tradition. According to nationalist thought of the time, a true nation required a "folk"--an ancient, undivided people with a distinct spirit expressed in timeless ballads. The United States, as the first modern state, lacked this past and therefore, supposedly, lacked any authentic folk culture. Yet between 1855 and 1915, a group of scholars--James Russell Lowell, Francis James Child, William Wells Newell, Francis Barton Gummere, George Lyman Kittredge, and John Avery Lomax--along with poet Katharine Lee Bates, rose to the challenge. Through their writings, these intellectuals defined what counted as "traditional popular poetry," discovered home-grown American ballads, and established ballad study as central to emerging disciplines like literary studies, anthropology, and folklore. Their work paved the way for the collection of hundreds of American-made folksongs and helped forge a national identity rooted not in race or ancestry but in the songs of ordinary people.

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