Knowing Poetry: Verse in Medieval France from the Rose to the Rhétoriqueurs
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In the later Middle Ages, many writers claimed that prose is superior to verse as a vehicle of knowledge because it presents the truth in an unvarnished form, without the distortions of meter and rhyme. Beginning in the thirteenth century, works of verse narrative from the early Middle Ages were recast in prose, as if prose had become the literary norm. Instead of dying out, however, verse took on new vitality. In France verse texts were produced,...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0801449731
ISBN13:9780801449734
Release Date:May 2011
Publisher:Cornell University Press
Length:264 Pages
Weight:1.15 lbs.
Dimensions:1.1" x 6.2" x 9.3"
Age Range:18 years and up
Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher
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