1st Edition
The Short Lyric Poems of Jean Froissart Fixed Forms and the Expression of the Courtly Ideal
By Kristen Mossler Figg
Copyright 1994
306 Pages
by
Routledge
306 Pages
by
Routledge
306 Pages
by
Routledge
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Originally published in 1994, The Short Lyric Poems of Jean Froissart is a meticulous reading of the important but generally neglected short lyric poems of Jean Froissart. The book situates Froissart within the cultural and literary context of fourteenth-century Europe and examines a representative number of his lyric forms ( pastourelles, chansons royales, ballades, virelais, and rondeaux )... Read more
Series Editor’s Foreword
Acknowledgements
1. Introduction
2. Lays and Chansons Royales: Creating Meaning Through Form
3. Pastourelles: The Art if Multiple Perspectives
4. Ballades, Virelays and Rondeaux: Rhetorical and Thematic Variations
5. Conclusion
Appendix A: Poems and Translations
Appendix B: Dates, Locations, and Subjects of Pastourelles
Bibliography
Index of Poems
Biography
Kristen Mossler Figg
