Poetry of Francois Villon - Text and Context

Informationen zum Autor Jane Taylor is a fellow of St Hilda's College, Oxford, and lecturer in French at Oxford University. Klappentext Taylor explores the work of Francois Villon and his relationship to his predecessors and contemporaries. Zusammenfassung This book casts new light on the work of François Villon, one of the most famous but least understood poets of the later Middle Ages. Jane Taylor points to the flair and originality of Villon's poetry, and the urgency and brilliance of his poetic dialogue with his predecessors and contemporaries. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; Introduction; 1. Painted eloquence and serious games; 2. 'Dancing in a maske': constructing identity in the Testament; 3. Spoken by men of old: the Ballades du temps jadis; 4. Love well weighed up: Villon's Belle Hëaulmiere; 5. Keenness of observation: Les contredictz de Franc Gontier; 6. The name of a man: La Ballade de la Grosse Margot; 7. Pomegranates in flower: Ballade pour Robert d'Estouteville; Conclusion; Too many Villons; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Jane H. M. Taylor, Jane H. M. (University of Oxford) Taylor
• Assisted by: Michael Sheringham (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 13.02.2006
• EAN: 9780521024242
• ISBN: 978-0-521-02424-2
• No. of pages: 252
• Series: Cambridge Studies in French
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies