1st Edition
Eustache Deschamps Selected Poems
264 Pages
by
Routledge
264 Pages
by
Routledge
Eustache Deschamps studied under the tutelage of Guillaume de Marchault, traveled in Syria, Palestine, and Egypt-where he was said to have been made a slave-and eventually become recognized as one of the great French medieval poets. He was the first writer to dissociate lyric poetry from its musical setting and his witty perceptions comment on nearly all aspects of daily life: from women's... Read more
Series Editor's Preface Acknowledgments Introduction Life Artistic Achievement Influence Selection Priciples Editorial Policy for the Texts and Translations Deschamps' Metrical Forms Rhyme Deschamps' Language Performance The Presentation of the Poem Poet's Introduction Poems About the Collaborators Bibliography
Biography
Deborah M. Sinnreich-Levi, Ian S. Laurie
'The edition includes a lively English translation, a detailed study od Deschamp's life and works, as well as noted to the poems.' - The Year's Work in Modern Language Studies
