Rose & The Briar : Death, Love And Liberty in the American Ballad - Greil Marcus, Sean Wilentz - Paperback - NON-FICTION - ENGLISH - 9780393328257

Summary: 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, as Geoffrey O'Brien hailed in the Los Angeles Times Book Review, "a book full of internal echoes and provocative coincidences," featuring "historical investigation, shamanistic trance-journey, memoir, novella and cartoon," where "names and costumes change, soldiers become cowboys, demon lovers become backwoods murderer; the voices are unmistakably distinct but they share a common ground." Annotation: A collection of writings and illustrations on the American ballad considers it as an art form as well as an expressive reflection of history, in an anthology that features pieces by such contributors as Paul Muldoon, John Rockwell, and Joyce Carol Oates. Reprint. 10,000 first printing. Academic Level : General Adult Academic Subject : MUSIC HISTORY AND CRITICISM + Author : Sean Wilentz (Editor), Greil Marcus (Editor) Binding : Paperback BISAC Subject : MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Folk & Traditional, Music / History & Criticism Book Type : NON-FICTION Dewey : 781 Edition : Reprint Geographic Designator : United States Language : ENGLISH Pages : 405 Place of Publication : United States Publication Date : 11/01/2005 Textual Format : Readings/Anthologies/Collected Works Table of Contents Introduction 1 (6) Sean Wilentz Greil Marcus I ``Barbara Allen'' 7 (12) Dave Marsh ``The Water Is Wide'' 19 (16) Ann Powers ``Pretty Polly'' 35 (16) Rennie Sparks Music, When Soft Voices Die 51 (18) Sharyn McCrumb Naomi Wise, 1807 69 (12) Anna Domino John Brown's Body 81 (12) Sarah Vowell II ``When You Go A Courtin''' 93 (6) R. Crumb Little Maggie---A Mystery 99 (24) Joyce Carol Oates We Did Them Wrong: The Ballad of Frankie and Albert 123 (24) Cecil Brown The Sad Song of Delia Green and Cooney Houston 147 (12) Sean Wilentz Destiny in My Right Hand: ``The Wreck of Old 97'' and ``Dead Man's Curve'' 159 (16) David Thomas I Thought I Heard Buddy Bolden Say 175 (12) Luc Sante ``See Willy Fly By'' and ``The Cuckoo'' 187 (14) Jon Langford III Mariachi Reverie 201 (28) Paul Berman ``The Foggy, Foggy Dew'' 229 (12) John Rockwell ``Come Sunday'' 241 (18) Stanley Crouch ``El Paso'' 259 (14) James Miller ``Trial of Mary Maguire'' 273 (14) Ed Ward Love, Lore, Celebrity, and Dead Babies: Dolly Parton's ``Down from Dover'' 287 (18) Eric Weisbard ``Sail Away'' and ``Louisiana 1927'' 305 (10) Steve Erickson Dancing with Dylan 315 (12) Wendy Lesser ``Nebraska'' 327 (18) Howard Hampton ``Blackwatertown'' 345 (10) Paul Muldoon Envoi 349 (6) Greil Marcus Notes, Books and Recordings 355 (28) Contributors 383 (8) Acknowledgments 391 (4) Index 395