Latin and Vernacular Poets of the Middle Ages

By Peter Dronke

This volume presents a series of penetrating analyses of particular poems and problems of literary history illustrating the many sides of medieval poetry and the interactions of learned, popular and courtly traditions. The first and longest essay, 'Waltharius-Gaiferos', aims to characterize the diverse treatments of one of the major European heroic themes - in modes that include lay and epic, saga and ballad, and range from pre-Carolingian times to the Renaissance. There follow three interrelated essays on the medieval transformations of Ovid, and a larger group devoted to close reading of medieval lyrics. After discussing some brilliant Latin compositions, of the 9th-12th centuries, both sacred and profane, and the work of two of the most captivating 'goliard' poets, Peter Dronke looks at the earliest formations of love-lyric in two vernaculars, Spanish and English. Finally, he explores the unique symbiosis of Latin and vernacular imagery in two key moments of Dante's Divine Comedy. Ce volume contient une s?rie d'analyses perspicaces de po?mes sp?cifiques et de certains probl?mes de l'histoire litt?raire illustrant les multiples facettes de la po?sie m?di?vale et l'interaction des traditions ?rudites, populaires et courtoises. Le premier essai, "Waltharius-Ga?feros", tente de d?crire les divers traitements de l'un des principaux th?mes h?ro?ques europ?ens selon des modes qui incluent: le lai et l'?pique, la saga et la ballade et qui s'?tendent sur une p?riode allant de l'?poque pr?-carolingienne ? la Renaissance. Suivent trois articles corr?latifs sur les adaptations m?di?vales des textes d'Ovide, ainsi qu'un groupe d'?tudes voue ? la lecture d?taill?e de la po?sie lyrique m?di?vale. Apr?s avoir consid?r? l'oeuvre de deux des plus passionnants po?tes "goliards" et un certain nombre de remarquables compositions latines, sacr?es et profanes, datant du 9e-12e si?cles, Peter Dronke se tourne vers les pre

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0860783030
• ISBN13: 9780860783039
• Release Date: October 1991
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.