University of Louisville ThinkIR: The University of Louisville's Institutional Repository Electronic Theses and Dissertations 6-1913 The religious element in the popular ballads. Elizabeth Phillips McConathy University of Louisville Follow this and additional works at: https://ir.library.louisville.edu/etd Recommended Citation McConathy, Elizabeth Phillips, "The religious element in the popular ballads." (1913). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. Paper 938. https://doi.org/10.18297/etd/938 This Master's Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by ThinkIR: The University of Louisville's Institutional Repository. It has been accepted for inclusion in Electronic Theses and Dissertations by an authorized administrator of ThinkIR: The University of Louisville's Institutional Repository. This title appears here courtesy of the author, who has retained all other copyrights. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. THE R ELI G IOU S ELEMENT \' I nTH E r 0 P U L A R B·A L LAD S" By Elizabeth l'hillips IJcConathY "Submi tt ed in Partial .BUlfillment of the Re quirements for the DeBree of I~ster of Arts, in tho University of Louisville. June 1913 PREFACE. The present study of the religious element in the popular ballads is based largely on Mr. George ; L. Kittredge's edition of lir. Francis J. Child's co1- lection of English and scottish popular ballads, the completeness of which, up to this time, has not been disputed.* Mr.Kittredge has printed in his volume one or more versions of every ballad which Mr. Child - has given as an authentic folk ballad (0mitting Nos.