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Chapter I. The Ballad : Definition and Origins.
1. THE MEANING OF "POPULAR." — Minstrels and journalists — Definition by origins
2. COMMUNAL AUTHORSHIP. — Poetry of the People and Poetry of Art — The history of poetry conceived as a pyramid — Primitive chorals
3. COMMUNAL POETRY OTHER THAN BALLADS. —The question restated — The broken bridge — Early Germanic chronicle, lyric, epic — Improvisation — Records of communal song — Proof of origin so far incomplete
4. SPECIFIC MARKS OF THE BALLAD. — No primitive ballads preserved — Effect of oral tradition — Impersonality — The narrative test
5. THE BALLAD STRUCTURE. — Structure the essential fact — Other tests — Improvisation — Refrain — Situation to narrative — Dialogue
6. CHORAL AND EPIC ELEMENTS. — The split situation — Repetition — Ritual and myth — Origins in the dance — The epic process — The situation ballad
7. INCREMENTAL REPETITION AS FINAL PROOF OF POPULAR ORIGIN. — Situation and repetition — The relative-climax — Incremental repetition the original pattern of balladry
Chapter II. The Ballads: Classification.
1. THE OLDEST GROUPS. — Riddle ballads — Flytings —Domestic complications — Stolen brides — Ballads of the dance — Elopements
2. BALLADS OF KINSHIP. — Bewick and Graham — The mother-in-law — The filial relation — Jealousy — Adultery — Fidelity — The tragic conflict — The Braes of Yarrow — Betrayal — Child Waters
3. THE CORONACH AND BALLADS OF THE SUPERNATURAL. — Coronachs — Good-nights — Jonah ballads — Fairy ballads — Preternatural ballads — Transformation — Ghosts
4. LEGENDARY BALLADS. — Classical and sacred tradition — The Bitter Withy — Minstrel ballads and ribaldry — Humor — Ballads of the sea — Mary Hamilton
5. THE BORDER BALLADS. — Singing and saying — Border raids — Ballads of battle — Otterburn and Cheviot — Chronicle ballads
6. THE GREENWOOD BALLADS. — Outlaws — Robin Hood, his ballads and his epic
Chapter III. The Sources of the Ballads. Tradition — The problem of sources — Transmission and distribution — Coincidence or derivation to explain common traits? — Folklore in the ballads — Stock phrases — Conventional elements — Fusion of ballads - Texts — Collectors — Editors — Forgers — Imitators — Original element
Chapter IV. The Worth of the Ballads. Cumulative appeal as opposed to individual suggestion — Taine's formula — Convention in balladry — Metre and diction — Figurative power — Nature — The objective note in balladry — Contrast with art — The characters of the ballad — Its final value — Tragedy to the fore — The voice of the people
