Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 1
2. Table of Contents 5
3. List of Figures and Tables 9
4. Acknowledgements 13
5. Important Terms 15
6. I. Introduction
7. 1. The History and Reception of Czech Broadside Ballads within Local, Regional, and Global Contexts 21
8. II. General Overview
9. 2. Broadside Ballads as Artefacts 59
10. 3. The Czech Broadside Ballad in Its Historical, Social, and Literary Context 75
11. 4. The Origins of Czech Broadside Ballads in Sixteenth-Century News Leaflets 93
12. 5. Previous Research on Broadside Ballads , with a Particular Focus on Literary History 115
13. 6. Three Collections of Czech Broadside Ballads : Creating, Organizing, and Providing Access 131
14. III. Topics
15. 7. Finding Justice: Punishment in Broadside Ballads 157
16. 8. Broadside Ballads and Religious Pilgrimage Songs : The Virgin Mary of Vranov 175
17. 9. Women in Broadside Ballads: Roles and Stereotypes 197
18. 10. Give the Devil His Due : Demons and Demonic Presence in Czech Broadside Ballads 213
19. 11. Reality and Fiction in Broadside Ballads and Their Contemporary Reception : A Case Study 233
20. IV. Musicology and Transmission
21. 12. Broadside Ballads as a Printed Medium and the Rise of Literacy 255
22. 13. Melodies of Czech Broadside Ballads in the Historical Contexts of Song Culture 271
23. 14. The Melodies of Broadside Ballads and Pilgrimage Songs and the Many Media of the Song Tradition 287
24. 15. Czech Religious Broadside Ballads in Slovak Manuscript Hymnals of the Eighteenth and Early Nineteenth Centuries 305
25. V. Language
26. 16. The Language of Czech Popular Broadside Ballads: Revisiting the Low 333
27. 17. The Orthography of Czech Broadside Ballads from the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries 353
28. VI. The Wider Context
29. 18. English “Heyday” Broadside Ballads 379
30. 19. Broadside Ballads in Poland: Content, Forms, and Research Perspectives 403
31. 20. Czech-Polish Interrelations: The Example of Marian Songs in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries 423
32. 21. Roaming Heroes and Their Ballads : Brazilian Cordel Narratives in the Context of the Global Broadside Ballad Tradition 441
33. Bibliography 467
34. Index 491