Rose and the Briar Death, Love and Liberty in the American Ballad

Name: Rose and the Briar Death, Love and Liberty in the American Ballad
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ISBN: 9780393328257

ISBN-10: 0393328252

ISBN-13: 9780393328257

Edition: N/A

Authors: Greil Marcus, Greil Marcus, Sean Wilentz

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Praised By Robbie Robertson of the Band as "a classic--a ticket to ride," The Rose & the Briar assembles an astonishing group of writers and artists--Paul Muldoon, Stanley Crouch, R. Crumb, Jon Langford of the Mekons, Sharyn McCrumb, Luc Sante, Joyce Carol Oates, Dave Marsh, and more than a dozen other novelists, essayists, performers, and critics--to explore the ineffable power of the American ballad. From "Barbara Allen" through "The Wreck of the Old 97" to contemporary ballads by Bob Dylan and Bruce Springsteen, The Rose & the Briar is what Geoffrey O'Brien hailed in the Los Angeles Times Book Review as "a book full of internal echoes and provocative coincidences," featuring "historical…

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List price: $16.95
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated
Publication date: 11/17/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 320
Size: 6.00" wide x 8.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English

Greil Marcus is the author of "Invisible Republic," "Dead Elvis," "Lipstick Traces," & "Mystery Train." His pieces have appeared in a wide range of publications, including "Artforum," "Interview," "The New Yorker," "The New York Times," & "Esquire." He will be teaching at Princeton & Berkeley in fall 2000.



Introduction







"Barbara Allen"




"The Water Is Wide"




"Pretty Polly"




Music, When Soft Voices Die




Naomi Wise, 1807




John Brown's Body







"When You Go A Courtin'"




Little Maggie-A Mystery




We Did Them Wrong: The Ballad of Frankie and Albert




The Sad Song of Delia Green and Cooney Houston




Destiny in My Right Hand: "The Wreck of Old 97" and "Dead Man's Curve"




I Thought I Heard Buddy Bolden Say




"See Willy Fly By" and "The Cuckoo"







Mariachi Reverie




"The Foggy, Foggy Dew"




"Come Sunday"




"El Paso"




"Trial of Mary Maguire"




Love, Lore, Celebrity, and Dead Babies: Dolly Parton's "Down from Dover"




"Sail Away" and "Louisiana 1927"




Dancing with Dylan




"Nebraska"




"Blackwatertown"



Envoi



Notes, Books and Recordings


Contributors


Acknowledgments


Index