Francois Villon - Complete Poems

A modern edition of the French texts is presented beside the English on facing pages. In an extensive commentary, Sargent-Baur identifies the poet's literary and historical allusions, as well as place-names, legatees, and biographical data.

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Translated and edited by Barbara N. Sargent-Baur

Summary

There have been many translations of Villon’s work into many languages, including English, but this is the first edition of the whole of the corpus utilizing a re-reading of all the manuscript sources and presenting for each poem a single-source text with all emendations accounted for.

Product details

• Assisted by: Barbara N. Sargent-Baur (Editor)
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2022
• EAN: 9780802071927
• ISBN: 978-0-8020-7192-7
• No. of pages: 277
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 18 mm
• Weight: 520 g
• Series: HERITAGE; Toronto Medieval Texts & Translations
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies