Ballad Studies

Ballad Studies is a subdiscipline of folkloristics devoted to the systematic analysis of ballads as traditional narrative poems, emphasizing their poetic composition, formulaic structures, and cultural significance through historical, textual, and comparative approaches.

306

Publications

11.7K

Citations

392

Authors

119

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

21

Authors

392

  1. CM
    Claude M. Simpson

    5 publications · 291 citations

    5

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  2. AB
    Albert B. Friedman

    Harvard University Press, United States

    5 publications · 301 citations

    5

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  3. JA
    John A. Lomax

    5 publications · 214 citations

    5

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  4. BH
    Bertrand Harris Bronson

    University of California, Berkeley, United States

    4 publications · 105 citations

    4

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  5. SS
    Susan Stewart

    Papworth Hospital, United Kingdom

    3 publications · 139 citations

    3

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1–5 of 392

Venues

  1. Journal of American Folklore

    JAF · 34 publications · 1.3K citations

    17

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  2. Western Folklore

    17 publications · 544 citations

    14

    h-index

  3. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 14 publications · 1.2K citations

    13

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  4. The Modern Language Review

    8 publications · 223 citations

    8

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  5. Journal of Algebra

    7 publications · 233 citations

    7

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See also

Ballad Studies

Core Methods

Poetic Structure

Transmission

Cultural Functions

Comparative Traditions