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The Arundel Lyrics. The Poems of Hugh Primas
Christoph McDonough
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Description for The Arundel Lyrics. The Poems of Hugh Primas
Hardback. Presents two complementary medieval anthologies containing lyrics by two outstanding Latin poets of the second half of the twelfth century. Series: Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DCF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 211 x 22. Weight in Grams: 448.
This volume presents two complementary medieval anthologies containing lyrics by two outstanding Latin poets of the second half of the twelfth century. The poet Peter of Blois was proclaimed by a contemporary of his to be a master composer of rhythmic verse. Peter's secular love-lyrics gathered in the Arundel manuscript give substance to that claim. Written with a technical virtuosity that rivals the metrical display of Horatian lyric, the poems give eloquent and learned expression to the cult of secular love that emerged in the twelfth century. The collection is further augmented by verse as varied ... Read more
This volume presents two complementary medieval anthologies containing lyrics by two outstanding Latin poets of the second half of the twelfth century. The poet Peter of Blois was proclaimed by a contemporary of his to be a master composer of rhythmic verse. Peter's secular love-lyrics gathered in the Arundel manuscript give substance to that claim. Written with a technical virtuosity that rivals the metrical display of Horatian lyric, the poems give eloquent and learned expression to the cult of secular love that emerged in the twelfth century. The collection is further augmented by verse as varied ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Series
Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library
Condition
New
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
Cambridge, Mass, United States
ISBN
9780674055575
SKU
V9780674055575
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About Christoph McDonough
Christopher McDonough is Emeritus Professor of Classics at the University of Toronto.
Reviews for The Arundel Lyrics. The Poems of Hugh Primas
The material in the volume repays study and the scholarly apparatus is impressive...This volume should receive a warm welcome. [The Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library] will be a boon to professional medievalists, their students and the general reader, and every good library ought to own the series.
Keith Sidwell Times Literary Supplement 20110506
Keith Sidwell Times Literary Supplement 20110506