Mirèio
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Published in 1859 to great fanfare from French literary society, Mir io was the first of four long narrative poems written by the French author Fr d ric Mistral. Composed in Occitan, a regional language spoken in southern France, Mir io arose out of the milieu of the F librige, a cultural movement centered around Mistral and his compatriots who championed the use of the Occitan language. Rich with references to local Proven al culture and geography, Mir io recounts the joys and sorrows of two young lovers: the titular Mir io, daughter of a rich farmer, and Vincen, a poor basket weaver. Though the two fall madly in love, they find themselves separated by social class and the disapproving attitude of Mir io's parents. In part thanks to Mir io, Mistral went on to win the 1904 Nobel Prize in Literature, celebrated by the Nobel Committee for his poetry and his work as a Proven al philologist. Mir io was widely translated, and was also adapted into the French-language opera Mireille by Charles Gounod. Mir io remains a celebrated depiction of Proven al culture to this day. This Standard Ebooks edition of Mir io augments Harriet Waters Preston's unannotated 1890 translation with the annotations from her first translation published in 1872.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:B0CDFCH44W
ISBN13:9791041802593
Release Date:June 2023
Publisher:Culturea
Length:216 Pages
Weight:0.63 lbs.
Dimensions:0.5" x 5.8" x 8.3"
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