Czech Broadside Ballads as Text, Art, Song in Popular Culture, c.1600–1900

book: Czech Broadside Ballads as Text, Art, Song in Popular Culture, c.1600–1900

Open Access Published by Amsterdam University Press 2022

Czech Broadside Ballads as Text, Art, Song in Popular Culture, c.1600–1900

Edited by: Patricia Fumerton , Pavel Kosek and Marie Hanzelková
In collaboration with: Milan Pol

https://doi.org/10.1515/9789048553341

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About this book

This landmark collection makes a major contribution to the burgeoning field of broadside ballad study by investigating the hitherto unexplored treasure-trove of over 100,000 Central/Eastern European broadside ballads of the Czech Republic, from the 16th to the 19th century. Viewing Czech broadside ballads from an interdisciplinary perspective, we see them as unique and regional cultural phenomena: from their production and collecting processes to their musicology, linguistics, preservation, and more. At the same time, as contributors note, when viewed within a larger perspective—extending one’s gaze to take in ballad production in bordering lands (such as Germany, Poland, and Slovakia) and as far Northwest as Britain to as far Southwest as Brazil—we discover an international phenomenon at work. Czech printed ballads, we see, participated in a thriving popular culture of broadside ballads that spoke through text, art, and song to varied interests of the masses, especially the poor, worldwide.

Author / Editor information

Fumerton Patricia :

Patricia Fumerton is distinguished Professor of English at the University of California, Santa Barbara, California, and Director of the English Broadside Ballad Archive. She has edited nine collections of essays, and authored three monographs.Kosek Pavel :

Pavel Kosek is full Professor of Czech Language at the Department of Czech Language, Faculty of Arts, Masaryk University, Czech Republic. He has co-edited four critical editions, three collections of essays, and authored two books.Hanzelková Marie :

Marie Hanzelková is assistant Professor at the Department of Czech Literature, Faculty of Arts, Masaryk University, Czech. She has published several articles about Czech hymn-books from the sixteenth century.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	1
Table of Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	5
List of Figures and Tables Open Access Download PDF	9
Acknowledgements Open Access Download PDF	13
Important Terms Open Access Download PDF	15
I. Introduction
1. The History and Reception of Czech Broadside Ballads within Local, Regional, and Global Contexts Patricia Fumerton, Pavel Kosek and Marie Hanzelková Open Access Download PDF	21
II. General Overview
2. Broadside Ballads as Artefacts Jiří Dufka Open Access Download PDF	59
3. The Czech Broadside Ballad in Its Historical, Social, and Literary Context Jakub Ivánek Open Access Download PDF	75
4. The Origins of Czech Broadside Ballads in Sixteenth-Century News Leaflets Jan Malura Open Access Download PDF	93
5. Previous Research on Broadside Ballads , with a Particular Focus on Literary History Michaela Soleiman pour Hashemi Open Access Download PDF	115
6. Three Collections of Czech Broadside Ballads : Creating, Organizing, and Providing Access Jiří Dufka, Markéta Holubová, Věra Frolcová, Iva Bydžovská, Jitka Machová, Hana Glombová and Romana Macháčková Open Access Download PDF	131
III. Topics
7. Finding Justice: Punishment in Broadside Ballads Hana Bočková Open Access Download PDF	157
8. Broadside Ballads and Religious Pilgrimage Songs : The Virgin Mary of Vranov Marie Hanzelková Open Access Download PDF	175
9. Women in Broadside Ballads: Roles and Stereotypes Markéta Holubová Open Access Download PDF	197
10. Give the Devil His Due : Demons and Demonic Presence in Czech Broadside Ballads Maciej Mętrak Open Access Download PDF	213
11. Reality and Fiction in Broadside Ballads and Their Contemporary Reception : A Case Study Jana Poláková Open Access Download PDF	233
IV. Musicology and Transmission
12. Broadside Ballads as a Printed Medium and the Rise of Literacy Kateřina Smyčková Open Access Download PDF	255
13. Melodies of Czech Broadside Ballads in the Historical Contexts of Song Culture Tomáš Slavický Open Access Download PDF	271
14. The Melodies of Broadside Ballads and Pilgrimage Songs and the Many Media of the Song Tradition Věra Frolcová Open Access Download PDF	287
15. Czech Religious Broadside Ballads in Slovak Manuscript Hymnals of the Eighteenth and Early Nineteenth Centuries Peter Ruščin Open Access Download PDF	305
V. Language
16. The Language of Czech Popular Broadside Ballads: Revisiting the Low Jana Pleskalová and Olga Navrátilová Open Access Download PDF	333
17. The Orthography of Czech Broadside Ballads from the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries Pavel Kosek, Veronika Bromová, Alena Andrlová Fidlerová and Dmitrij Timofejev Open Access Download PDF	353
VI. The Wider Context
18. English “Heyday” Broadside Ballads Patricia Fumerton Open Access Download PDF	379
19. Broadside Ballads in Poland: Content, Forms, and Research Perspectives Piotr Grochowski Open Access Download PDF	403
20. Czech-Polish Interrelations: The Example of Marian Songs in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries Monika Szturcová Open Access Download PDF	423
21. Roaming Heroes and Their Ballads : Brazilian Cordel Narratives in the Context of the Global Broadside Ballad Tradition Kateřina Březinová Open Access Download PDF	441
Bibliography Open Access Download PDF	467
Index Open Access Download PDF	491

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Language: English
Publisher: Amsterdam University Press
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 498
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 36
- Coloured Illustrations: 10
Keywords: Broadside ballads; popular culture; history; music; literature

eBook

Published: November 17, 2022
ISBN: 9789048553341