Product Description: This collection of essays pays tribute to Nancy Freeman Regalado, a ground-breaking scholar in the field of medieval French literature whose research has always pushed beyond disciplinary boundaries. The articles in the volume reflect the depth and diversity of her scholarship, as well as her collaborations with literary critics, philologists, historians, art historians, musicologists, and vocalists - in France, England, and the United States...read more

The historical existence of women trouveres in northern France during the 12th and 13th centuries has been doubted, largely because many songs were anonymous. This anthology of over 70 Old French songs, accompanied by parallel English verse translation, aims to identify female authorship, based on the evidence of lyrics, linguistics and associated manuscript details. The extensive introduction discusses the female voice in a range of lyric types, including `chanson de femme' laments, romances and indecent vernacular songs, and considers the controversial role of women poets and musicians in medieval society. Includes extracts of sheet music.

Product Description: First Published in 1994. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Product Description: La conception courante du refrain comme répétition périodique à l'intérieur d'une forme chantée ne rend pas compte des divers principes de composition qui règlent la mise en oeuvre d'un genre qui a joué un rôle capital dans la constitution de la lyrique médiévale...read more