The Short Lyric Poems of Jean Froissart
Fixed Forms and the Expression of the Courtly Ideal
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The Short Lyric Poems of Jean Froissart
Fixed Forms and the Expression of the Courtly Ideal
About This Book
Originally published in 1994, The Short Lyric Poems of Jean Froissart is a meticulous reading of the important but generally neglected short lyric poems of Jean Froissart. The book situates Froissart within the cultural and literary context of fourteenth-century Europe and examines a representative number of his lyric forms ( pastourelles, chansons royales, ballades, virelais, and rondeaux ) demonstrating their richness of theme and poetic virtuosity. The book provides a readable and reliable English translation, making it possible for English scholars unfamiliar with the original Middle French forms to understand and appreciate the influence Froissart had on Chaucer and other authors of the age. The book focuses on themes, techniques, meters, and rhythms that Froissart employed in his poetry, on how his poetry fits poetic tradition, and on the place of Froissart in literary history.
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Appendix A:
Poems and Translations
Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Original Title Page
- Original Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- Series Editorsâ Foreword
- Acknowledgments
- I. Introduction
- II. Lays and Chansons Royales: Creating Meaning Through Form
- III. Pastourelles: The Art of Multiple Perspectives
- IV. Ballades, Virelays, and Rondeaux: Rhetorical and Thematic Variations
- V. Conclusion
- Appendix A: Poems and Translations
- Appendix B: Dates, Locations, and Subjects of Pastourelles
- Bibliography
- Index of Poems