The French Balades
Published on 1. May 2011
196 pages
978-1-58044-452-1 (ISBN)
Description
Gower''s imaginative French poetry is now available in a new edition with facing page translation, annotations, and introduction. Gower''s Traitie employs the French poetic form of balade, typically used for courtly verses, to avow instead the virtues of loving marriage, characteristic of Gower''s signature moralizing. His Cinkante Balades confront the tradition of the French Livre de Cent Balades, by describing the feelings of a young man towards his lady, but eventually offering a praise of love insofar as it is subject to reason and morality. Together the two works offer an excellent introduction to the Anglo-Norman works of Gower and are perfect for classroom use.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Kalamazoo
United States
File size
44,74 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-58044-452-1 (9781580444521)
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John Gower | R. F. Yeager
The French Balades
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05/2011
Medieval Institute Publications
€19.00
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