Lyrics of the Middle Ages

An Anthology

James Wilhelm

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Routledge
17 August 2016

This anthology features nearly 300 works in 14 linguistic areas: Latin hymns and lyrics from 800 to 1300...

Carmina Burana...

Proven al lyrics...

Italian lyrics...

North French lyrics...

German lyrics...lyrics of Iberia, including Arabic, Hebrew, Mozarabic, Galician-Portuguese, Castilian, and Catalan...lyrics of Great Britain, including Irish, Welsh, Old English, Middle English, and Scottish-English ballads. More than 100 authors are represented, including Chaucer, Dante, Petrarch, the major troubadours and trouv res, Walther von der Vogelweide, St. Thomas Aquinas, Peter Abelard, The Countess of Dia, The Queen of Mallorca, Hildegard of Bingen, Ibn Hazm, Mozarabic kharja writers, Denis I of Portugal, Alfonso X of Castile, Sordello, Fran ois Villon, Charles d'Orl ans, and many who are anonymous. There are indexes of authors, opening lines, and genres, and 12 photographs represent scenes that are related to the poems. SPECIAL FEATURES inclusion of the widest possible range of texts from the western Middle Ages allows comparative, cross-cultural approaches; fresh translations by an authoritative team of scholars were prepared especially for this volume; tape or CD information is provided for medieval lyrics that have been given modern recordings; apparatus includes a selection of texts in their original languages and indices of authors, titles/first lines, and genres Suitable for Courses in Medieval Literature in Translation; Comparative Literature; The Lyric

Edited by: James Wilhelm
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm,
Weight: 453g
ISBN: 9781138153608
ISBN 10: 1138153605
Pages: 362
Publication Date: 17 August 2016
Audience: College/higher education , General/trade , Primary , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Latin Hymns and Lyrics from 850 to 1300 * The Carmina Burana * Proven al Lyrics * Italian Lyrics * North French Lyrics * German Lyrics * Lyrics of Iberia * Lyrics of Great Britain * Selected Original Texts * Indices

James J. Wilhelm

Reviews for Lyrics of the Middle Ages: An Anthology

A significant contribution, a book useful for teaching and worth consulting. -- Comparative Literature Studies No body of lyric poems ever explored faithlessness more deeply, or with more acid wit. -- Paideuma