Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. List of Illustrations viii
4. Preface and Acknowledgements ix
5. Abbreviations and Citations, Sources, Note on the Text xii
6. Glossary xvi
7. 1 The Ballad and the Idea of the Past 1
8. 2 Survival and Revival: The Medieval Ballad and Ballad Medievalism 31
9. 3 Gothic Beginnings: Dead Lovers Return 67
10. 4 Imitations of Ancient Ballads?: Swordsmen in the Landscape 103
11. 5 The Idea of a Memory: Worse Things Happen at Sea 131
12. 6 Providence and the (Re-)Ordering of Reality: Murder Will Out? 161
13. Afterword 193
14. Select Bibliography 199
15. Index 219