{"product_id":"the-troubadours-an-introduction-paperback-9780521574730","title":"The Troubadours; An Introduction (Paperback) 9780521574730","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Troubadours\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eAn Introduction\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA general introduction for students to the world of troubadours: poets, poetry, music and culture.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eSimon Gaunt (Edited by), Sarah Kay (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521574730, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 28 June 1999\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e348 pages, 2 b\/w illus.  1 map  7 music examples\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2 cm, 0.51 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"All readers of troubadour poetry can profit from this well-devised, stimulating book.\"  Speculum\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThe dazzling culture of the troubadours - the virtuosity of their songs, the subtlety of their exploration of love, and the glamorous international careers some troubadours enjoyed - fascinated contemporaries and had a lasting influence on European life and literature. Apart from the refined love songs for which the troubadours are renowned, the tradition includes political and satirical poetry, devotional lyrics and bawdy or zany poems. It is also in the troubadour song-books that the only substantial collection of medieval lyrics by women is preserved. This book offers a general introduction to the troubadours. Its sixteen newly-commissioned essays, written by leading scholars from Britain, the US, France, Italy and Spain, trace the historical development and setting of troubadour song, engage with the main trends in troubadour criticism, and examine the reception of troubadour poetry. Appendices offer an invaluable guide to the troubadours, to technical vocabulary, to research tools and to surviving manuscripts.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface: How to use this book\u003cbr\u003e Introduction Simon Gaunt and Sarah Kay\u003cbr\u003e 1. Courtly culture in medieval Occitania Ruth Harvey\u003cbr\u003e 2. Fin' amor and the development of the courtly canso Linda Paterson\u003cbr\u003e 3. Moral and satirical poetry Catherine Léglu\u003cbr\u003e 4. Early troubadours: Guilhem IX to Bernart de Ventadorn Stephen G. Nichols\u003cbr\u003e 5. The classical period: Raimbaut d'Aurenga to Arnaut Daniel Gérard Gouiran\u003cbr\u003e 6. Later troubadours Michael Routledge\u003cbr\u003e 7. The trobairitz Tilde Sankovitch\u003cbr\u003e 8. Italian and Catalan troubadours Miriam Cabré\u003cbr\u003e 9. Music and versification Margaret Switten\u003cbr\u003e 10. Rhetoric and hermeneutics Sarah Spence\u003cbr\u003e 11. Intertextuality and dialogism in the troubadours Maria Luisa Meneghetti\u003cbr\u003e 12. The troubadours at play: irony, parody and burlesque Don Monson\u003cbr\u003e 13. Desire and subjectivity Sarah Kay\u003cbr\u003e 14. Orality and writing: the text of the troubadour poem Simon Gaunt\u003cbr\u003e 15 The Chansonniers as books William Burgwinkle\u003cbr\u003e 16. Troubadour lyric and Old French narrative Sylvia Huot\u003cbr\u003e Appendices\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Literary studies: classical, early \u0026amp; medieval [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literary studies: classical, early \u0026amp; medieval\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literary%20studies:%20classical,%20early%20\u0026amp;%20medieval%20%5BDSBB%5D%22\"\u003eDSBB\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46002027397400,"sku":"9780521574730","price":30.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521574730i_3b00bd3e-c881-457b-b479-ef94a586e4f7.jpg?v=1691369948","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-troubadours-an-introduction-paperback-9780521574730","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}