The Ballad: Traditions, Texts, Treatments

Sponsoring Organization(s)

Kommission für Volksdichtung

Organizer Name

Larry Syndergaard

Organizer Affiliation

Western Michigan Univ.

Presider Name

Sandra Ballif Straubhaar

Presider Affiliation

Univ. of Texas-Austin

Paper Title 1

Emotions in the Traditional Ballad: An "Attachment Theory" Approach

Presenter 1 Name

Evelyn Birge Vitz

Presenter 1 Affiliation

New York Univ.

Paper Title 2

Challenging Women: Women's Roles in Three North-European Elf Ballads

Presenter 2 Name

Lynda Taylor

Presenter 2 Affiliation

Univ. of Leeds

Paper Title 3

"The Well below the Valley": Transmission and Tradition in the Irish Medieval Ballad

Presenter 3 Name

Sandra Joyce

Presenter 3 Affiliation

Univ. of Limerick

Start Date

10-5-2014 1:30 PM

Session Location

Schneider 2335