Ballads and Social History/Ballads outside Social History

Sponsoring Organization(s)

Kommission für Volksdichtung

Organizer Name

Larry Syndergaard

Organizer Affiliation

Western Michigan Univ.

Presider Name

Richard Firth Green

Presider Affiliation

Ohio State Univ.

Paper Title 1

Balladry and Social Mores: An Exploration of Attitudes toward Sexual Relations in Songsters, Broadsides, and Oral Tradition

Presenter 1 Name

E. David Gregory

Presenter 1 Affiliation

Athabasca Univ.

Paper Title 2

Regulating Desire: Poison and Inheritance in Child Ballad 12 "Lord Randal"

Presenter 2 Name

Daniel Morgan

Presenter 2 Affiliation

Independent Scholar

Paper Title 3

"O save us all, Moor of Moor-Hall": Social and Textual Identity in Dragon-Slaying Ballads

Presenter 3 Name

Nicole Hagstrom-Schmidt

Presenter 3 Affiliation

Texas A&M Univ.

Start Date

16-5-2015 1:30 PM

Session Location

Bernhard 205