Parrots and Nightingales: Troubadour Quotations and the Development of European Poetry
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The love songs of Occitan troubadours inspired a rich body of courtly lyric by poets working in neighboring languages. For Sarah Kay, these poets were nightingales, composing verse that is recognizable yet original. But troubadour poetry also circulated across Europe in a form that is less well known but was more transformative. Writers outside Occitania quoted troubadour songs word for word in their original language, then commented upon these...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0812245253
ISBN13:9780812245257
Release Date:November 2013
Publisher:University of Pennsylvania Press
Length:472 Pages
Weight:2.00 lbs.
Dimensions:1.5" x 6.4" x 9.2"
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