The Poetry of Francois Villon: Text and Context - Couverture souple

Taylor, Jane H. M.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0521024242 ISBN 13 : 9780521024242

Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2008

Synopsis

This book casts new light on the life and work of François Villon, one of the most famous but least understood poets of the later Middle Ages. Traditionally Villon has been viewed by scholars as an alienated outsider in his own time, whose work was in many respects derivative and commonplace. Jane Taylor instead points to the flair and originality of Villon's poetry, and the urgency and brilliance of his poetic dialogue with his predecessors and contemporaries. Taylor describes Villon's literary milieu as marked by an enjoyment of debate and competition, and shows the prominent place that he occupied in that poetic landscape. She argues that Villon's contemporaries were accustomed to reading in depth and in detail: they would have recognized and appreciated the flamboyance with which Villon challenged commonplace or ideological preconception.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Jane Taylor is a fellow of St Hilda's College, Oxford, and lecturer in French at Oxford University.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Cambridge University Press
• Date d'édition: 2008
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0521024242
• ISBN 13: 9780521024242
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 252
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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