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Balladier

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  to make (something) into a ballad; write a ballad about. to write or compose ballads.

• Balladist

  a person who writes, composes, or sings ballads. historical examples “general big-talk,” the yankee balladist called him when once the siege was in progress. the siege of boston allen french we see that the english balladist is an unwarlike literary hack. sir walter scott and the border minstrelsy andrew lang or a balladist, man or […]

• Balladry

  ballad poetry. the composing, playing, or singing of ballads. historical examples the one introduced him to the study of british balladry, the other led him to the cl-ssic groves of horace. eugene field, a study in heredity and contradictions slason thompson yet, potentially, una golden was as glowing as any princess of balladry. the job […]

• Ballard

  noun j(ames) g(raham). 1930–2009, british novelist, born in china; his books include crash (1973), the unlimited dream company (1979), empire of the sun (1984), cocaine nights (1996), and super-cannes (2000) contemporary examples still, ballard does not want to give the impression that he is obsessed with the t-tanic, or even that it is his favorite […]

• Ballardian

  adjective of james graham ballard (1930–2009), the british novelist, or his works resembling or suggestive of the conditions described in ballard’s novels and stories, esp dystopian modernity, bleak man-made landscapes, and the psychological effects of technological, social or environmental developments

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