A Bibliographical Guide to the Study of Troubadours and Old Occitan Literature
By (author) Robert A. Taylor
New bibliographic guide to Occitan and troubadour literature provides a definitive survey of the field of Occitan literary studies – from the earliest enigmatic texts to the 15th-century works of Jordi de Sant Jordi. Will become the essential source for Occitan literary studies worldwide.
Although it seemed in the mid-1970s that the study of the troubadours and of Occitan literature had reached a sort of zenith, it has since become apparent that this moment was merely a plateau from which an intensive renewal was being launched. In this new bibliographic guide to Occitan and troubadour literature, Robert Taylor provides a definitive survey of the field of Occitan literary studies – from the earliest enigmatic texts to the fifteenth-century works of Occitano-Catalan poet Jordi de Sant Jordi – and treats over two thousand recent books and articles with full annotations. Taylor includes articles on related topics such as practical approaches to the language of the troubadours and the musicology of select troubadour songs, as well as articles situated within sociology, religious history, critical methodology, and psychoanalytical analysis. Each listing offers descriptive comments on the scholarly contribution of each source to Occitan literature, with remarks on striking or controversial content, and numerous cross-references that identify complementary studies and differing opinions. Taylor’s painstaking attention to detail and broad knowledge of the field ensure that this guide will become the essential source for Occitan literary studies worldwide.
Preface
Sigla/Abbreviations/Symbols
I. Reference Works
1. Bibliographies
2. Alphabetized Reference
3. Aids to Research
4. Collective Research Publicaitons
5. Occitan Language
II. The Texts
6. Manuscript Sources
7. Anthologies
8. Attribution Studies
III. Literary Criticism (Lyric)
9. Orientation
10. Origins
11. The Love Ethic: Definition of Fin'amors
12. Genres of Troubadour Lyric
13. Music
14. The Trobairitz
15. Critical Approaches to Literary Analysis
IV. Literary Criticism (Non-Lyric)
16. General Studies of Non-Lyric Literature
17. Monuments
18. Epic Literature
19. Narrative Literature
20. Dramatic Literature
21. Treatises of Grammar and Rhetoric
22. Didactic Literature
23. Religious Literature
24. Hagiography
25. Nonliterary Texts
V. Related Fields (Diffusion, Influences)
VI. The Troubadours, Trobairitz
Index
Robert A. Taylor has studied Romance philology and medieval poetry in Germany, France, California, and especially in his native Toronto, where he is Professor Emeritus at the University of Toronto.
- By (author) Robert A. Taylor
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Piers Plowman: A Parallel-Text Edition of the A, B, C and Z Versions
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