Arundel Lyrics. the Poems of Hugh Primas

Name: Arundel Lyrics. the Poems of Hugh Primas
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ISBN: 9780674055575

ISBN-10: 0674055578

ISBN-13: 9780674055575

Edition: 2010

Authors: Christopher J. McDonough, Christopher J. McDonough

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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 as Christmas poems and satires on the venality of the Roman Curia and immoral bishops,…

Book details

List price: $35.00
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication date: 11/22/2010
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 336
Size: 5.25" wide x 8.00" long x 0.85" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English

Christopher McDonough is Emeritus Professor of Classics at the University of Toronto.