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Ballad Themes

Ballad Themes is a scholarly category within Ballad Studies that comprises the recurring subject matters, narrative motifs, and emotional concerns characteristic of traditional ballads, distinguished by its focus on identifying and analyzing the essential topics that structure balladic content across cultural and historical contexts.

80

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3.1K

Citations

114

Authors

6

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

2

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Publications

80

Lyrical ballads, and other poems, 1797-1800

Choice Reviews Online · 1993 · 312 citations

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Tradition and Experiment in Wordsworth's "Lyrical Ballads" (1798)

James H. Averill, Mary Jacobus, John E. Jordan · Studies in Romanticism · 1978 · 238 citations

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Warrior Women and Popular Balladry, 1650-1850

Susan D. Amussen, Dianne Dugaw · Journal of American Folklore · 1992 · 228 citations

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The American popular ballad of the Golden Era, 1924-1950

Choice Reviews Online · 1996 · 194 citations

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Romanticism and the Gothic: Genre, Reception, and Canon-Formation

David H. Richter, Michael Gamer · Studies in Romanticism · 2003 · 106 citations

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Authors

114

  1. AL
    Alan Lomax

    Queen's University, Canada

    3 publications · 136 citations

    3

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  2. BH
    Bertrand Harris Bronson

    University of California, Berkeley, United States

    3 publications · 33 citations

    3

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  3. JA
    John A. Lomax

    3 publications · 136 citations

    3

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  4. CM
    Claude M. Simpson

    2 publications · 50 citations

    2

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  5. PS
    Peggy Seeger

    2 publications · 21 citations

    2

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1–5 of 114

Institutions

6

  1. University of Kent

    Canterbury, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    11 citations

  2. University of British Columbia

    Vancouver, Canada

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    24 citations

  3. Northwestern University

    Evanston, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    32 citations

  4. Rutgers Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights

    Utrecht, Netherlands

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    37 citations

  5. University of South Carolina

    Columbia, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    16 citations

  6. Queen's University Belfast

    Belfast, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    20 citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of American Folklore

    JAF · 19 publications · 665 citations

    13

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  2. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 10 publications · 785 citations

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  3. Western Folklore

    5 publications · 73 citations

    5

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  4. Jahrbuch für Volksliedforschung

    3 publications · 63 citations

    3

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  5. The Yearbook of English Studies

    3 publications · 45 citations

    3

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