Songbook - How Lyrics Became Poetry in Medieval Europe

Zusammenfassung Today we usually think of a book of poems as composed by a poet! rather than assembled or adapted by a network of poets and readers. But the earliest European vernacular poetries challenge these assumptions. This book examines the songbook's role in several vernacular traditions.

Product details

• Authors: Marisa Galvez, Galvez Marisa
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 22.06.2012
• EAN: 9780226280516
• ISBN: 978-0-226-28051-6
• No. of pages: 272
• Dimensions: 165 mm x 238 mm x 25 mm
• Subjects: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Vocational needs; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; Europe, LITERARY CRITICISM / Poetry, LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, LITERARY CRITICISM / European / General, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Literary studies: poetry & poets, Romance, Italic and Rhaeto-Romanic languages, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, Literary studies: poetry and poets