Subjectivity in troubadour poetry

by Kay, Sarah

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Title Statements

Full title :Subjectivity in troubadour poetry / Sarah Kay.

Summary

The songs of the troubadour poets of the south of France were a pervasive influence in the development of the European lyric (and indeed other genres) from the twelfth century to the Renaissance and beyond. Much troubadour poetry is on the topic of love, and is composed from a first-person position. This book is a full-length study of this first-person subject position in its relation to language and society. Using theoretical approaches where appropriate, Sarah Kay discusses to what extent this first person is a 'self' or 'character', and how far it is self-determining. Dr Kay draws on a wide range of troubadour texts, and provides close readings of many of them, as well as translating all medieval quotations into English in order to make the discussion accessible to the non-specialist. Her book will be of interest both to scholars of medieval literature, and to anybody investigating subjectivity in lyric poetry.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:1990

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Cambridge University Press
Place of Publication:Cambridge
Language:eng
Publication Date:1990

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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (267 Seiten)

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780511519550, 0511519559, 9780521372381, 0521372380, 9780521031745, 0521031745
DOI:10.1017/CBO9780511519550
oclc:ocn967409835
LC Classification:PC3308
Dewey Decimal:849/.1009

Subjects

Civilisation médiévale dans la littérat… Civilization, Medieval, in literature Criticism, interpretation, etc Poésie occitane -- Histoire et critique Provençal poetry Provençal poetry -- History and critici… Subjectivité dans la littérature Subjectivity in literature Troubadours