Oral-Formulaic Theory: Annotated Bibliography

D.K. Wilgus. "The Comparative Approach." In The Ballad and the Scholars: Approaches to Ballad Study. Los Angeles: William Andrews Clark Memorial Library, UCLA. pp. 1-28.

Argues that the comparative approach to ballad studies "can and should utilize any results that contribute to the understanding of the ballad as a product of humankind, just as the contextualist needs comparative evidence to prevent errors in interpretation" (21).
Area: FB, CP