The Poetry of Fran OIS Villon - Text and Context

Taylor explores the work of Fran ois Villon and his relationship to his predecessors and contemporaries.

List of contents

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.

About the author

Jane Taylor is a fellow of St Hilda's College, Oxford, and lecturer in French at Oxford University.

Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: Jane H. Taylor, Jane H. M. Taylor
• Assisted by: Michael Sheringham (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 13.05.2011
• EAN: 9780521792707
• ISBN: 978-0-521-79270-7
• No. of pages: 250
• Dimensions: 157 mm x 235 mm x 19 mm
• Weight: 562 g
• Series: Cambridge Studies in French
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies