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Miracles and murders : an introductory anthology of Breton Ballads / Mary-Ann Constantine and Éva Guillorel.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Constantine, Mary-Ann, author.
- Guillorel, Eva, author.
- Series:
- British Academy Monographs
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ballads, Breton.
- Folk songs, Breton--France--Brittany--History and criticism.
- Folk songs, Breton.
- France--Brittany.
- Genre:
- Texts.
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2017.
- Language Note:
- Contains Breton texts and English translations.
- Summary:
- This is a vivid introduction, by two of the foremost scholars in the field, to one of the most fascinating and little-known song traditions in Europe, the Breton gwerz, or ballad. These narrative songs, collected in Western Brittany from the 19th century to the present day, recount a wealth of stories based on tragic local events or legends. They tell of shipwrecks, abductions, accidents and murders, miraculous rescues, penitent souls, and strange journeys. Quite unlike songs from the neighbouring French tradition, and distinct from anything else in the other Celtic languages, these ballads unfold in clear, spare verses, filled with striking imagery: they are often highly dramatic in nature. Historians of popular culture will find much to explore here, as will medievalists interested in tracing themes and legends across different European cultures, or linguists looking for rare material in Breton.
- Contents:
- The ballads: Lord Count and the Fairy
- Saint Henori and the King of Brest
- Skolvan, a penitent soul
- Maharit Laurans saved from the gallows
- Dom Jean Derrian's journey to Santiago de Compostela
- Saint Iann Bubry, murderer and rapist
- Berhet, midwife to the Virgin Mary
- The plague in Langonnet
- The bridegroom and the mad dog
- Seven years at sea
- Shipwreck at Penmarc'h
- The siege of Guingamp
- The Heiress of Keroulaz: a forced marriage
- Lord Villaudrain and the merchants
- Fontanelle and his bandits
- The kidnap and suicide of Jeannedig ar Rous
- Marharit Charles and her bandits
- Love and Leprosy: Iannik Kokard
- Janedig the witch
- The wax child
- The lead tower
- Cleric Laoudour and his sweetheart
- The murder of Lord Penanger
- The reprieve of Contrechapell
- Marivonnik abducted by English sailors
- Sea-changes: Catherin An Troadec
- Infanticide and penance: Mari Kelen
- The murdered servant girl
- The drowning of Toussaint de Kerguezec
- The execution of the Marquis de Pontcallec
- Loeiz Er Ravalleg murdered by his friends
- The twice-married woman
- The recruit: Garan Ar Briz
- The death of the Chouan Jean Jan
- Our Lady of Port-Blanc.
- Notes:
- This edition previously issued in print: 2017.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on July 27, 2017).
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-80596-206-X
- 1-80596-402-X
- 0-19-185148-5
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