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Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 3 (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.) 4 0 Browse Search
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Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 3 (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.), Book III (continued) (search)
uised or modified form that their origin is no longer recognizable. Of this character is The Butcher boy, whose forsaken sweetheart hangs herself—a ballad related to the British A brisk young lover; also The Boston Burglar, or Charlie's Town—related to The Sheffield apprentice. To this same group belongs probably the confessions of Young McAffie, who poisoned his wife and her baby. The dying cowboy, despite its name, is ultimately imported. Still older is the ballad of the maidservant Betsy Brown, who is sold to Verginny by her mistress. An instructive instance of the migration of a song is offered by The Romish Lady, a story of a Protestant martyr, having considerable currency in the Central West. There lived a Romish lady Brought up in proper array. Her mother oft times told her She must the priest obey. This is the Elizabethan ballad It was a lady's daughter, of Paris properly, introduced into Fletcher's Knight of the burning Pestle. It was reprinted in the reign of Charles
Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 3 (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.), Index (search)
Bentham, 233 Bentley, 475, 487 Benton, Thomas Hart, 139, 140, 146 155, 165, 337 Beranger, 595, 596 Berenson, Bernard, 490 Bergson, 244, 251, 253, 257 Berichte üiber eine Reise nach den Westlichen Staaten Nordamerikas, 578 Berkeley, Sir, William, 385 Berlin, Irving, 289 Berlin (University), 462, 465, 467, 484 Bernard of Clairvaux, 500 Bernhardt, Sarah, 280 Bernstein, Henri, 282 Berrien, 337 Bertha, the sewing machine girl, 287 Bertsch, H., 582 Betsy Brown, 510 Betsy from Pike, 515 Between the dark and the daylight, 84 Beyond the Rockies, 165 Bible, the, 6, 202, 204, 205, 206, 207, 208, 215, 217, 219, 222, 230, 370, 473, 518, 525, 530, 536, 556, 575, 595 Bible argument against slavery in the light of divine revelation, the, 340 Bible, Church and Reason, The, 205 n. Biblical scholarship and inspiration, 205 n. Bibliotheca Americana Vetustissima, 184 Bidwell, John, 150 Bienenstock, Melliotrophium, 573 Bierce, Ambrose, 92