Publisher's Synopsis
With a new preface and substantial new bibliographic indications, this is the third edition of an introduction, first published in 1968, to the medieval lyric during the period 850-1300. After discussion of the performers and performance of lyrics in the Middle Ages, individual chapters analyze each of the major lyrical genres.;While the rise of religious lyric and the transformations of love-lyric receive the fullest treatment, there are also chapters on women's songs, on the alba, on dance-songs, and on "lyrics of realism". Each chapter centres on close critical discussion of outstanding lyrics, with extensive quotation of texts and translations. The book concludes with a small selection of melodies of lyrics, and with a detailed chronological and bibliographical map of the whole field.
