1.0Centro Interuniversitario per lo Studio del Romanticismohttps://www.lilec.it/romanticismoRedazione06https://www.lilec.it/romanticismo/author/redazione06/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="DzyyO9nMSx"><a href="https://www.lilec.it/romanticismo/ballads-and-narrative-poetry-editoriale/">La Questione Romantica: Ballads and narrative poetry (editoriale)</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.lilec.it/romanticismo/ballads-and-narrative-poetry-editoriale/embed/#?secret=DzyyO9nMSx" width="600" height="338" title="“La Questione Romantica: Ballads and narrative poetry (editoriale)” — Centro Interuniversitario per lo Studio del Romanticismo" data-secret="DzyyO9nMSx" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(c,d){"use strict";var e=!1,o=!1;if(d.querySelector)if(c.addEventListener)e=!0;if(c.wp=c.wp||{},c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage);else if(c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if(!t);else if(!(t.secret||t.message||t.value));else if(/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret));else{for(var r,s,a,i=d.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),n=d.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),l=0;l<n.length;l++)n[l].style.display="none";for(l=0;l<i.length;l++)if(r=i[l],e.source!==r.contentWindow);else{if(r.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message){if(1e3<(s=parseInt(t.value,10)))s=1e3;else if(~~s<200)s=200;r.height=s}if("link"===t.message)if(s=d.createElement("a"),a=d.createElement("a"),s.href=r.getAttribute("src"),a.href=t.value,!o.test(a.protocol));else if(a.host===s.host)if(d.activeElement===r)c.top.location.href=t.value}}},e)c.addEventListener("message",c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),d.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",t,!1),c.addEventListener("load",t,!1);function t(){if(o);else{o=!0;for(var e,t,r,s=-1!==navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE 10"),a=!!navigator.userAgent.match(/Trident.*rv:11\./),i=d.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),n=0;n<i.length;n++){if(!(r=(t=i[n]).getAttribute("data-secret")))r=Math.random().toString(36).substr(2,10),t.src+="#?secret="+r,t.setAttribute("data-secret",r);if(s||a)(e=t.cloneNode(!0)).removeAttribute("security"),t.parentNode.replaceChild(e,t);t.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:r},"*")}}}}(window,document); </script> Two central questions seem to be indisputable when we consider the presence and canonical relevance of narrative poetry in European Romanticisms. These are first narratives in verse of different types, which featured in all national traditions, and secondly the ballad, which was the most culturally prestigious and influential point of origination of such narrative forms. […]