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Morning Dew and Roses : Nuance, Metaphor, and Meaning in Folksongs - Barre Toelken

Morning Dew and Roses

Nuance, Metaphor, and Meaning in Folksongs

By: Barre Toelken

Hardcover | 16 March 1995

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     "A major academic work that is also brilliantly, clearly, humanely,
        and poetically written. It can be enjoyed not only by ballad and bawdry
        scholars but by everyone who picks it up." -- Kenneth S. Goldstein,
        University of Pennsylvania, former president of the American Folklore
        Society
      "Toelken's insights . . . are unique. His study broadens and deepens
        scholarly appreciation of how folksong metaphors carry their own semantic
        weight. . . . One of the best expressions of the power of music in folksong
        that I have seen in recent years." -- James Porter, author of The
        Traditional Music of Britain and Ireland
      In this lively exploration of folksongs and their meanings, Barre Toelken
        looks closely at riddle songs and other ambiguous folksongs, as well as
        the various "ballad commonplaces." Ranging through metaphors
        such as weaving, plowing, plucking flowers, and walking in the dew, Toelken
        shows how each contributes to meaning in vernacular song. He includes
        comparisons to German folksongs, medieval poetry, Italian folk lyrics,
        and a wide range of Euro-American vernacular expression.
 
 

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