This groundbreaking anthology brings together for the first time the works of women poet-composers, or trouveres, in northern France in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. Refuting the long-held notion that there are no extant Old French lyrics by women from this period, the editors of the volume present songs attributed to eight named female trouveres along with a varied selection of anonymous compositions in the feminine voice that may have been composed by women. The book includes the Old French texts of seventy-five compositions, extant music for eighteen monophonic songs and nineteen...
This groundbreaking anthology brings together for the first time the works of women poet-composers, or trouveres, in northern France in the twelfth an...
A substantial introduction traces the Tristan and Isolde legend from the 12th century to 2001, emphasizing literary versions, but also surveying the legend's sources and its appearance in the visual arts, music and film. The nineteen essays are in English, revised, and classic.
A substantial introduction traces the Tristan and Isolde legend from the 12th century to 2001, emphasizing literary versions, but also surveying the l...
Chrtien de Troyes is arguably the creator of Arthurian romance, and it is on his work that later writers have based their interpretations. This book offers both crucial information on, and a comprehensive coverage of, all aspects of the work of Chrtien de Troyes - the literary and historical background, patronage, his influence on other writers, manuscripts and editions of his work and, at the heart of the volume, major essays on his themes, techniques and artistic achievements in each of his compositions; the contributions, all from leading experts in Chrtien and related studies, have been...
Chrtien de Troyes is arguably the creator of Arthurian romance, and it is on his work that later writers have based their interpretations. This book o...
In the middle of the fifteenth century two anonymous writers -translated- into prose Chretien de Troyes's first verse romances, Erec and Cliges (dating from the twelfth century), for the circle of Philip the Good, duke of Burgundy. For a long time unfairly dismissed as trite and slavish renderings of Chretien's masterful narratives, the prose Erec and Cliges actually merit careful study in their own right, for these Middle French reworkings adapt the earlier romances to fit the interests of the fifteenth-century public. The authors updated not only the language but also the descriptions of...
In the middle of the fifteenth century two anonymous writers -translated- into prose Chretien de Troyes's first verse romances, Erec and Cliges (datin...
A substantial introduction traces the Tristan and Isolde legend from the twelfth century to the present, emphasizing literary versions, but also surveying the legend's sources and its appearance in the visual arts, music and film. The nineteen essays are a mix of new, new English, revised, and 'classic'. It contains an extensive bibliography.
A substantial introduction traces the Tristan and Isolde legend from the twelfth century to the present, emphasizing literary versions, but also surve...
