Mary O'Neill examines the legacy of the medieval poet composers of Northern France, the trouv�res. For many years problems and difficulties concerning the surviving melodies have prevented us from a
In its moment of great splendor the novel was held as a mirror of society: Mercè Rodoreda shatters that mirror in this, her most ambitious novel, which tells its story in brilliant fragments, a
Although the troubadours flourished at the height of the Middle Ages in southern France, their songs of romantic love, with pleasing melodies and intricate stanzaic patterns, have inspired poets and
An edition and English translation of a text within a Madrid manuscript that is the only surviving account of the first crusade in vernacular Occitan verse. During the course of its transmission, it s
The historical existence of women trouveres in northern France during the 12th and 13th centuries has been doubted, largely because many songs were anonymous. This anthology of over 70 Old French song
Springs and Autumns is a compelling novel that chronicles, through the voices of several family members, the intriguing history of an extended Majorcan family. The novel is set in Orlandis (a fictiona
"I am now alone on earth, no longer having any brother, neighbor, friend, or society other than myself" proclaimed Rousseau in Reveries of the Solitary Walker. Reveries, along with Botanical Writings
A polemic reading of a large and important body of troubadour songs that combines the filter of contemporary 13th-century commentary (the razos) with a grounding of the popularization, canonization, a
The Purity of a Pig is an economical but complex psychological novel, a skillful blend of tragedy and irony. It is the story of Sergi Vilalta, who is caught between his rigid principles as an uncompro
The first book-length appearance in English of this widely read Catalan poet's work. First published in 1976, the poems deal the painful experience of coming to terms with multiple sclerosis. At the t
This volume is the fruit of the Fourth Catalan Symposium, held at The Catholic University of America (October 16 and 17, 1993), under the auspices of its Center for Catalan Studies. The topics treated
This book is a reference volume and a digest of more than a century of scholarly work on troubadour poetry. Written by leading scholars, it summarizes the current consensus on the various facets of tr
Variously described as a comedy of manners, a psychological romance, and a type of fabliau, the remarkable 13th-century verse narrative Flamenca is regarded as the best medieval romance written in O
Cherchi offers an innovative interpretation and a close reading of selected poems. He traces the history of Provencal lyric poetry, highlighting some of the significant personalities and movements.
Many poems of the women troubadours, or trobairitz as they are more commonly called, are known to have been lost or destroyed. But more may have survived than hitherto recognized. Scattered among the
