£125.00

Routledge The Ballad and the Folk - Folklore Study Book

Price data last checked 8 day(s) ago - will refresh soon

View at Amazon

Price History & Forecast

Last 83 days • 83 data points (No recent data available)

Historical
Generating forecast...
£125.00 £118.75 £121.25 £123.75 £126.25 £128.75 £131.25 27 January 2026 16 February 2026 09 March 2026 29 March 2026 19 April 2026

Price Distribution

Price distribution over 83 days • 1 price levels

Days at Price
83 days 0 21 42 62 83 £125 Days at Price

Price Analysis

Most common price: £125 (83 days, 100.0%)

Price range: £125 - £125

Price levels: 1 different prices over 83 days

Description

Explore the deep history of the ballad genre with The Ballad and the Folk by David Buchan. This Routledge Library Edition offers a detailed look at the regional traditions of Northeast Scotland, which stands as the most fertile ballad area in Britain. First published in 1972, this work serves two main goals. It investigates the ballad as a form of oral literature while also examining the regional tradition through an ethnographic lens. By placing these traditions within their social context, Buchan provides a clear understanding of the people who created and shared these stories. This book is an essential resource for students and researchers interested in anthropology, sociology, and oral traditions. It applies important recent research to help readers understand how folk music and storytelling function within a specific community. Whether you are studying literary history or social sciences, this text provides a foundational perspective on how oral literature survives and evolves through regional culture.

Key Features

Investigates the ballad as a form of oral literature to understand its history and structure.

Provides an ethnographic study that sets regional traditions within their specific social context.

Focuses on the Northeast of Scotland, recognized as the most fertile ballad area in Britain.

Part of the Routledge Library Editions: Folklore series for academic and professional research.

Offers a detailed analysis of the people and communities responsible for producing folk ballads.

Product Specifications

Format
hardcover
Domain
Amazon UK
Release Date
10 February 2015
Listed Since
25 July 2014

Barcode

No barcode data available

Similar Products You Might Like

A Scottish Ballad Book (RLE Folklore) (Routledge Library Editions: Folklore)
94% match

A Scottish Ballad Book (RLE Folklore) (Routledge Library Editions: Folklore)

Routledge

£115.00 12 Jan 2026
Scottish Tradition (RLE Folklore): A Collection of Scottish Folk Literature (Routledge Library Editions: Folklore)
92% match

Scottish Tradition (RLE Folklore): A Collection of Scottish Folk Literature (Routledge Library Editions: Folklore)

Routledge

£115.00 26 Feb 2026
The Ballad and its Pasts: Literary Histories and the Play of Memory
92% match

The Ballad and its Pasts: Literary Histories and the Play of Memory

Boydell Press

£69.69 16 Mar 2026
The Voice of the People: Writing the European Folk Revival, 1760–1914 (Anthem European Studies)
92% match

The Voice of the People: Writing the European Folk Revival, 1760–1914 (Anthem European Studies)

Anthem Press

£60.00 07 Mar 2026
The Glenbuchat Ballads
92% match

The Glenbuchat Ballads

University Press of Mississippi

£48.00 16 Apr 2026
The Routledge Companion to English Folk Performance (Routledge Companions)
90% match

The Routledge Companion to English Folk Performance (Routledge Companions)

£147.41 09 Dec 2025
The Anglo-American Ballad: A Folklore Casebook: 3 (Routledge Library Editions: Folk Music)
90% match

The Anglo-American Ballad: A Folklore Casebook: 3 (Routledge Library Editions: Folk Music)

Routledge

£119.43 04 Apr 2026
Street Ballads in Nineteenth-Century Britain, Ireland, and North America: The Interface between Print and Oral Traditions
90% match

Street Ballads in Nineteenth-Century Britain, Ireland, and North America: The Interface between Print and Oral Traditions

Routledge

£56.20 08 Mar 2026
The Ballad World of Anna Gordon, Mrs. Brown of Falkland
90% match

The Ballad World of Anna Gordon, Mrs. Brown of Falkland

Oxford University Press

£108.00 20 Feb 2026
Routledge Song and Democratic Culture in Britain - Folk Music
90% match

Routledge Song and Democratic Culture in Britain - Folk Music

Routledge

£111.26 18 Apr 2026
Folktales of Newfoundland (RLE Folklore): The Resilience of the Oral Tradition (Routledge Library Editions: Folklore)
90% match

Folktales of Newfoundland (RLE Folklore): The Resilience of the Oral Tradition (Routledge Library Editions: Folklore)

Routledge

£190.00 28 Mar 2026
Swedish Folk Music in the Twenty-First Century: On the Nature of Tradition in a Folkless Nation
90% match

Swedish Folk Music in the Twenty-First Century: On the Nature of Tradition in a Folkless Nation

Lexington Books

£62.78 22 Feb 2026
Routledge Stories We Could Tell: American Popular Music Book
90% match

Routledge Stories We Could Tell: American Popular Music Book

Routledge

£136.45 16 Apr 2026
The Northern Soul Scene (Studies in Popular Music)
90% match

The Northern Soul Scene (Studies in Popular Music)

Equinox

£65.19 24 Feb 2026
Sound Recording in Post-War British Folk: Ideology, Discourse and Practice
90% match

Sound Recording in Post-War British Folk: Ideology, Discourse and Practice

Bloomsbury Academic

£75.40 01 Feb 2026
Charms, Charmers and Charming: International Research on Verbal Magic (Palgrave Historical Studies in Witchcraft and Magic)
90% match

Charms, Charmers and Charming: International Research on Verbal Magic (Palgrave Historical Studies in Witchcraft and Magic)

MACMILLAN

£109.70 09 Mar 2026
Focus: Scottish Traditional Music (Focus on World Music Series)
90% match

Focus: Scottish Traditional Music (Focus on World Music Series)

Routledge

£47.99 07 Mar 2026
The Scottish Legendary: Towards a Poetics of Hagiographic Narration (Manchester Medieval Literature and Culture)
90% match

The Scottish Legendary: Towards a Poetics of Hagiographic Narration (Manchester Medieval Literature and Culture)

Manchester University Press

£61.46 24 Jan 2026
The Ballad Repertoire of Anna Gordon, Mrs Brown of Falkland (Scottish Text Society Fifth Series)
90% match

The Ballad Repertoire of Anna Gordon, Mrs Brown of Falkland (Scottish Text Society Fifth Series)

Boydell Press

£47.97 18 Feb 2026
The Musical Traditions of Northern Ireland and its Diaspora: Community and Conflict (Ashgate Popular and Folk Music Series)
90% match

The Musical Traditions of Northern Ireland and its Diaspora: Community and Conflict (Ashgate Popular and Folk Music Series)

Routledge

£46.35 28 Feb 2026
Folklore of Cornwall: The Oral Tradition of a Celtic Nation (Exeter New Approaches to Legend, Folklore and Popular Belief)
90% match

Folklore of Cornwall: The Oral Tradition of a Celtic Nation (Exeter New Approaches to Legend, Folklore and Popular Belief)

University of Exeter Press

£42.59 24 Feb 2026
Routledge Library Editions: Folk Music
90% match

Routledge Library Editions: Folk Music

Routledge

£661.16 11 Jan 2026
The Fellowship of Song: Popular Singing Traditions in East Suffolk: 4 (Routledge Library Editions: Folk Music)
90% match

The Fellowship of Song: Popular Singing Traditions in East Suffolk: 4 (Routledge Library Editions: Folk Music)

Routledge

£102.47 07 Jan 2026
Folk Horror - What's It All About ?: A journey through the haunted imagination - where landscape remembers, ritual speaks, and the uncanny walks beside us
90% match

Folk Horror - What's It All About ?: A journey through the haunted imagination - where landscape remembers, ritual speaks, and the uncanny walks beside us

£75.00 13 Jan 2026