Love Lyrics from the Carmina Burana - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0807820687 ISBN 13: 9780807820681

Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press, 1993

Synopsis

Walsh's book should be a vade mecum for anyone who would teach the Carmina Burana on any level and be of considerable value in general to medievalists, comparatists, and those in related disciplines.--New England Classical Newsletter and Journal ""Teachers, students, and any reader interested in medieval lyric will find this volume a clear and useful approach to intrinsically interesting texts.""--Renaissance Quarterly ""The most scholarly and most helpful presentation of a group of these captivating lyrics that has yet appeared in English.""--Peter Dronke, University of Cambridge ""A superb volume, fully worthy of these famous but often misunderstood poems. P. G. Walsh's unmatched erudition in Latin literature furnishes lucid grammatical explanations, incisive analysis of goliardic literary values and technique, and illuminating references to ancient and medieval parallels. His prose translations make the poems accessible also to those with little or no Latin.""--Janet M. Martin, Princeton University

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Review:

"A superb volume, fully worthy of these famous but often misunderstood poems.

Janet M. Martin, Princeton University"

Any reader interested in medieval lyric will find this volume a clear and useful approach to intrinsically interesting texts.

"Renaissance Quarterly"

"The most scholarly and most helpful presentation of a group of these captivating lyrics that has yet appeared in English.

Peter Dronke, University of Cambridge"

"Walsh's book should be . . . of considerable value in general to medievalists, comparatists, and those in related disciplines.

"New England Classical Newsletter and Journal""

A superb volume, fully worthy of these famous but often misunderstood poems.

Janet M. Martin, Princeton University

The most scholarly and most helpful presentation of a group of these captivating lyrics that has yet appeared in English.

Peter Dronke, University of Cambridge

Walsh's book should be . . . of considerable value in general to medievalists, comparatists, and those in related disciplines.

"New England Classical Newsletter and Journal"

Synopsis:

From the finest surviving collection of medieval Latin verse, 60 love lyrics from the 12th century are presented in the original, followed by prose translations with explanations of the linguistic and poetic elements the translations do not convey. Includes textual notes and commentary. Indexed by first line and author. Paper edition (unseen), $14.

About this edition

• Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
• Publication date: 1993
• ISBN 10: 0807820687
• ISBN 13: 9780807820681
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 256
• Editor: Walsh P. G.