Lyrics of the Middle Ages: An Anthology

Book Overview

This anthology features nearly 300 works in 14 linguistic areas: Latin hymns and lyrics from 800 to 1300...Carmina Burana...Proven al lyrics...Italian lyrics...North French lyrics...German lyrics...lyrics of Iberia, including Arabic, Hebrew, Mozarabic, Galician-Portuguese, Castilian, and Catalan...lyrics of Great Britain, including Irish, Welsh, Old English, Middle English, and Scottish-English ballads. More than 100 authors are represented, including Chaucer, Dante, Petrarch, the major troubadours and trouv res, Walther von der Vogelweide, St. Thomas Aquinas, Peter Abelard, The Countess of Dia, The Queen of Mallorca, Hildegard of Bingen, Ibn Hazm, Mozarabic kharja writers, Denis I of Portugal, Alfonso X of Castile, Sordello, Fran ois Villon, Charles d'Orl ans, and many who are anonymous. There are indexes of authors, opening lines, and genres, and 12 photographs represent scenes that are related to the poems. SPECIAL FEATURES inclusion of the widest possible range of texts from the western Middle Ages allows comparative, cross-cultural approaches; fresh translations by an authoritative team of scholars were prepared especially for this volume; tape or CD information is provided for medieval lyrics that have been given modern recordings; apparatus includes a selection of texts in their original languages and indices of authors, titles/first lines, and genres Suitable for Courses in Medieval Literature in Translation; Comparative Literature; The Lyric

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0824070496
• ISBN13: 9780824070496
• Release Date: July 1990
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 362 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 8.9"

Customer Reviews

As good as the price gets

This is a great anthology for those who want a broad overview of European medieval lyric. It is unfortunate that the text isn't one of facing-page translation with only a few of the songs having their originals in the back of the book. At least some of the songs do have originals so those interested in trying to work out the flavor or sound of what was actually composed can try to do so. I recommend that even for those who think they cannot read in Spanish or German or what have you. It is possible to look at endings of lines to see if there is rhyme and try to guess at sounds. It is lyric or song after all.