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Robert Graves
English and scottish ballads
Thirty-eight anonymous ballads, mainly dating from the early fourteenth to the mid-sixteenth centuries – The golden age of balladry- Long-established favourites like sir patrick spens are included alongside less familiar examples. In his introduction and notes Robert Graves dsiplays the liveliness and erudition that characterize his critical writing.
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