Atkinson David: 'I’ve shot the man that shot Bill Brown' : some observations on ballads and revenge. In: Folk ballads, ethics, moral issues : [a Magyar Tudományos Akadémia Néprajzi Intézete és az Európai Folklór Intézet által Budapesten, 2001. ápr. 21-23. között rendezett konferencia anyaga], (10). pp. 61-68. (2002)
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Abstract
There is considerable moral ambivalence in the representation of revenge in anglophone ballads (compared, perhaps, with folktales). A ballad like ‘Lamkin’ internalises the notion of personal injury as crime. In contrast, the poaching ballad ‘The Death of Poor Bill Brown’ depicts revenge without legal consequences, giving a sense of moral clarity which is nonetheless deceptive when set against its social background. ‘The Gallant Poacher’, on the other hand, employs a kind of popular theology to replace the impulse to revenge. Ballads like these do not teach morality, but rather invite the exploration and negotiation of ethical ideas like revenge and justice.
| Item Type: | Book Section |
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| Journal or Publication Title: | Folk ballads, ethics, moral issues : [a Magyar Tudományos Akadémia Néprajzi Intézete és az Európai Folklór Intézet által Budapesten, 2001. ápr. 21-23. között rendezett konferencia anyaga] |
| Date: | 2002 |
| Volume: | 10 |
| ISSN: | 1419-1288 |
| ISBN: | 963 05 7989 8 |
| Page Range: | pp. 61-68 |
| Series Name: | Szegedi vallási néprajzi könyvtár |
| Language: | English |
| Event Title: | International Ballad Conference (31.) (2001) (Budapest) |
| Related URLs: | http://acta.bibl.u-szeged.hu/70234/ |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Népballada |
| Additional Information: | Bibliogr.: 68. p. ; összefoglalás angol nyelven |
| Subjects: | 05. Social sciences 05. Social sciences > 05.04. Sociology |
| Date Deposited: | 2020. Sep. 17. 08:04 |
| Last Modified: | 2022. Feb. 01. 15:38 |
| URI: | http://acta.bibl.u-szeged.hu/id/eprint/70283 |
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