A Handbook of the Troubadours 0520079752, 0520079760, 9780520079755

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A Handbook of the Troubadours
 0520079752, 0520079760, 9780520079755

Table of contents :
CONTENTS
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Introduction
ONE. An Overview: Why the Troubadours?
The Essentials
TWO. The Lyric Texts
THREE. Fin 'amor
FOUR. Versification
FIVE. Music
Accessory Texts
SIX. The Non-lyric Texts
SEVEN. The Vidas and Razos
A Subgroup: The Women Troubadours
EIGHT. The Trobairitz
NINE. Origins
TEN. Northern France
ELEVEN. The Minnesingers
THIRTEEN. Italy
FOURTEEN. Italian Troubadours
General and Technical Considerations
FIFTEEN. Manuscripts
SIXTEEN. Translation
SEVENTEEN. Language
EIGHTEEN. Rhetoric
NINETEEN. Topoi
TWENTY. Imagery and Vocabulary
TWENTY-ONE. Bibliography
Appendix: Editions of the Troubadours and Related Works
CONTRIBUTORS
INDEX

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