The Troubadours: An Introduction

Hardback

Main Details

Title The Troubadours: An Introduction
Authors and Contributors      Edited by Simon Gaunt
Edited by Sarah Kay
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:348
Dimensions(mm): Height 237,Width 159
Category/GenreLiterary studies - classical, early and medieval
Literary studies - poetry and poets
ISBN/Barcode 9780521573887
ClassificationsDewey:809.14
Audience
Tertiary Education (US: College)
Professional & Vocational
Illustrations 7 Printed music items; 1 Maps; 2 Halftones, unspecified

Publishing Details

Publisher Cambridge University Press
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publication Date 28 June 1999
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

This book offers a general introduction to the world of the troubadours. Its sixteen chapters, newly commissioned from leading scholars in Britain, the United States, France, Italy and Spain, trace the development of troubadour song (including music), engage with the main trends in troubadour scholarship, and examine the reception of troubadour poetry in manuscripts and in Northern French romance. A series of appendices offer an invaluable guide to more than fifty troubadours, to technical vocabulary, to research tools and to surviving manuscripts.

Reviews

"All readers of troubadour poetry can profit from this well-devised, stimulating book." Speculum