Tam Lin in Transformation A Critical Anthology of Adaptations, Ballads and Analog Tales

Date of Award

2006

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Bachelors

Department

Humanities

First Advisor

Myhill, Nova

Keywords

Tam Lin, Anthology, Prpteus, Folk Ballad, Transformation, Adaptation

Area of Concentration

British and American Literature

Abstract

This thesis is an anthology of prose adaptations of the folk ballad, ''Tam Lin,' the Child Ballads that are grouped under the name, 'Tam Lin,' modem spoken and sung versions of ''Tam Lin,' and tales analogous to the story of ''Tam Lin.' The anthology traces the ways in which the story of 'Tam Lin' has been used and adapted since its entrance into mainstream awareness with the publication of Francis J. Child's The English and Scottish Popular Ballads in 1882. The anthology also examines the multiple transformations sequence which appears in both 'Tam Lin' and other tales, and the ways in which the use of the multiple transformations sequence gives insight into theories of identity and humanity in different eras of Western culture.

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