1st Edition
Between Sequence and Sirventes Aspects of the Parody in the Troubadour Lyric
By Catherine Leglu
Copyright 2000
158 Pages
by
Routledge
160 Pages
by
Routledge
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Parody marks the troubadour lyric from the outset, informing composition, performance and reception. This ground breaking study moves away from courtliness, the focus of most previous studies, and places troubadour parodic preactice int he context of the social and spiritual debates of 12th and 13th century Occitania. Leglu analyses the complex relationship between troubadour verse and the... Read more
Introduction; 1: Parodic Sequences and Peire Cardenal; 2: Metrical Structures and Formal Recognition; 3: Recognition and Recollection of Form and Content; 4: Rewriting and the Role of Serious Parody; 5: Between Preacher and Jester: Singing a Sermon; Conclusion
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Catherine Leglu
