Book of Old English Ballads

by George Wharton Edwards

Overview

Book of Old English Ballads is an English poetry classic by George Wharton Edwards. Goethe, who saw so many things with such clearness of vision, brought out the charm of the popular ballad for readers of a later day in his remark that the value of these songs of the people is to be found in the fact that their motives are drawn directly from nature; and he added, that in the art of saying things compactly, uneducated men have greater skill than those who are educated. It is certainly true that no kind of verse is so completely out of the atmosphere of modern writing as the popular ballad.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781522981763
Publisher:	CreateSpace Publishing
Publication date:	12/30/2015
Pages:	160
Product dimensions:	5.98(w) x 9.02(h) x 0.34(d)

About the Author

George Wharton Edwards (March 1859 - January 18, 1950) was an American impressionist painter and illustrator, and the author of several books of travel and historical subjects.
Edwards was born in Fair Haven, Connecticut in March 1859. He showed an interest in art from a young age, and began his painting career on neighborhood barns and fences. He moved to Greenwich in 1912.
Edwards was educated at Antwerp and Paris. He was a member of the Cos Cob Art Colony.