Poems

Name: Poems
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ISBN: 9780810128781

ISBN-10: 0810128780

ISBN-13: 9780810128781

Edition: 2013

Authors: Franï¿½ois Villon, David Georgi

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One of the most original and influential European poets of the Middle Ages, François Villon took his inspiration from the streets, taverns, and jails of Paris. Villon was a subversive voice speaking from the margins of society. He wrote about love and sex, money trouble, "the thieving rich," and the consolations of good food and wine. His work is striking in its directness, wit, and gritty urban realism. Villon’s writing spurred the development of the psychologically complex first-person voice in lyric poetry. He has influenced generations of avant-garde poets and artists. Arthur Rimbaud and Paul Verlaine have emulated Villon’s poetry. Claude Debussy set it to music, and Bertolt Brecht…

Book details

List price: $21.95
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Northwestern University Press
Publication date: 12/5/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 304
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.10" tall
Weight: 1.034
Language: English



Map of Villon's Paris


Acknowledgments


Introduction


The Poems of Franï¿½ois Villon


Bequests


The Testament


Shorter Poems


Letter to His Friends


Ballade of Fortune


Ballade of the Hanged Men


Ballade of Proverbs


Everything But Myself


Ballade of Countertruths


Villon's Debate with His Heart


In Praise of Marie d'Orlï¿½ans


I Die of Thirst at the Fountain's Edge


Advice for the Groom


Request to the Prince


Ballade Against the Enemies of France


Ballade of Good Counsel


The Quatrain That Villon Made When He Was Condemned to Die


Now What Do You Think of My Appeal?


The Praise That Villon Gave to the Court


List of Abbreviations


Notes: A Companion to the Poems


Works Cited