Parrots and Nightingales: Troubadour Quotations and the Development of European Poetry by Sarah Kay

Parrots and Nightingales: Troubadour Quotations and the Development of European Poetry

Middle Ages

Sarah Kay

472 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction classics history literary poetry challenging reflective medium-paced
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The love songs of Occitan troubadours inspired a rich body of courtly lyric by poets working in neighboring languages. For Sarah Kay, these poets were nightingales, composing verse that is recognizable yet original. But troubadour poetry also circ...

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