Presents a selection of extracts from medieval love and romantic poetry, including 'Tristan and Isolt,' 'Lancelot,' 'The Chatelaine of Vergi,' and 'The Romance of the Rose.'

Product Description: This anthology features love poems by classic French poets and authors such as Francois Villon, Louise Labe, George Sand, Charles Baudelaire, Paul Eluard, Jacques Prevert, and Philippe Jaccottet.

Product Description: This is an anthology containing 77 love poems from 48 French poets. Encompassing more than six centuries, the works range from No Marvel Is It by Bernhard de Ventadour to a complete translation of Toi et Moi by Paul Geraldy. Other poets represented include Victor Hugo, Louise Labe, Marie de France, Charles d'Orleans, Alexandre Dumas, Guy de Maupassant, Arthur Rimbaud and Paul Verlaine...read more

Product Description: This high-spirited collection of medieval French love poetry in modern translation takes delightful advantage of the preoccupation of writers of that time & place with love & sex. Decidedly sexist by today's standards, the volume offers the modern reader translations from seven texts, among them Ovid's "Ars amatoria," one of the earliest "practical" love guides -- a satirical treatise chockablock with shrewd tips for seducers & lovers -- as well as selections from the anonymous "On Courtesy," from Robert de Blois's "Advice to Ladies," & four other works...read more

Product Description: Book annotation not available for this title.Title: Treasury of French LoveAuthor: Branyon, Richard A. (EDT)Publisher: Hippocrene BooksPublication Date: 1994/10/01Number of Pages: 127Binding Type: HARDCOVERLibrary of Congress: 00271821

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