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Subjectivity in Troubadour Poetry (Cambridge Studies in American Literature and Culture) (Hardback)
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Short Description for Subjectivity in Troubadour PoetryThis book studies the first-person position adopted by many of the medieval troubadours of southern France in its relation to language and society.
Full description- Publisher: CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS
- Published: 28 September 1990
- Format: Hardback 276 pages
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- Categories: Literary Studies: General | Literary Studies: Classical, Early & Medieval
- ISBN 13: 9780521372381 ISBN 10: 0521372380
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Full description for Subjectivity in Troubadour Poetry
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.
