balladist

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This balladist of the Middle West, whose books sell millions of copies, is as representative of the great sentimentality of America, as the Ford car is of our thrift.

From Time Magazine Archive

Mrs. Dora Sigerson Shorter is a balladist of stark power, and Miss Eva Gore-Booth a lyric poet whose natural lilt no preoccupation with mysticism can for more than a moment obscure.

From Irish Plays and Playwrights by Weygandt, Cornelius

According to the balladist, it would seem that Armstrong’s ruin was brought about by the princely style in which he appeared before his sovereign.

From Border Raids and Reivers by Borland, Robert

Thirty years ago blue china was a kind of fetish in some circles, aesthetic circles, of which the balladist was not a member.

From Ballads in Blue China by Lang, Andrew

We see that as a balladist Schiller got his inspiration mainly from two sources: the traditions of Greek antiquity and the traditions of chivalrous romance.

From The Life and Works of Friedrich Schiller by Thomas, Calvin