Literary Criticism
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Synopsis
Product DescriptionThis book offers a general introduction to the world of the troubadours. Its sixteen chapters, newly commissioned from leading scholars in Britain, the United States, France, Italy and Spain, trace the development of troubadour song (including music), engage with the main trends in troubadour scholarship, and examine the reception of troubadour poetry in manuscripts and in Northern French romance. A series of appendices offer an invaluable guide to more than fifty troubadours, to technical vocabulary, to research tools and to surviving manuscripts.
Review
"All readers of troubadour poetry can profit from this well-devised, stimulating book." Speculum
Book Description
This book offers a general introduction to the dazzling world of the troubadours. Its sixteen chapters, newly commissioned from leading scholars in Britain, the US, France, Italy and Spain, trace the development of troubadour song (including music), engage with the main trends in troubadour scholarship, and examine the reception of troubadour poetry in manuscripts and in Northern French romance. A series of Appendices offer an invaluable guide to more than fifty troubadours, to technical vocabulary, to research tools and to surviving manuscripts.
About the Author
Simon Gaunt is Professor of French at King's College London.
Sarah Kay is Professor of French at Princeton University.
Book Details
Published
June 1, 2012
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
ISBN
9780511620508