Poetry and Music in Medieval France: From Jean Renart to Guillaume de Machaut

Ardis Butterfield examines the relationship between the poetry and music of medieval France. Beginning when French song was first set into writing in the early thirteenth century, Butterfield describes the wide range of contexts in which secular songs were quoted and copied. Including narrative romances, satires and love poems, the book reveals the development of French song and narrative genres during a significant period of history.

Author: Ardis Butterfield
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 02/01/2009
Pages: 400
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.29lbs
Size: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.89d
ISBN: 9780521100922

About the Author
Butterfield, Ardis: - Ardis Butterfield is a Lecturer in English at University College, London. She has published widely on French and English literary and musical history. Her articles have appeared in Medium Aevum and Plainsong and Medieval Music.

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