Subjectivity in Troubadour Poetry

Klappentext This book studies the first-person position adopted by many of the medieval troubadours of southern France in its relation to language and society. Zusammenfassung The medieval troubadours of the south of France profoundly influenced European literature for many centuries. This book is a full-length study of the first-person position adopted by many of them in its relation to language and society. Using theoretical approaches! Sarah Kay discusses to what extent this first person is a 'self' or 'character'! and how far it is self-determining. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; 1. Indeterminacy of meaning; 2. Allegory; 3. Gender and status; 4. Performance; 5. Romance appropriations; Conclusion; Notes; Select bibliography; Index.

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• Authors: Sarah Kay, Sarah (University of Cambridge) Kay
• Assisted by: Michael Sheringham (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 02.11.2006
• EAN: 9780521031745
• ISBN: 978-0-521-03174-5
• No. of pages: 276
• Series: Cambridge Studies in French
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies