The troubadours : $b A history of Provençal life and literature in the middle agesHueffer, Francis
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The troubadours : $b A history of Provençal life and literature in the middle ages
Hueffer, Francis
Provençal poetry -- History and criticism; Troubadours
CHAPTER I.
THE LANGUE D’OC.
Decline of classic language 3
Its mixture with German dialects 3
Derivation of Romance languages 4
Provençal branch 5
Its limits 5
Its relations to the sister languages 6
Its dialects 7
Its perfection by the Troubadours 8
Its decline 8
CHAPTER II.
EARLY POPULAR EPICS.
The North-French epic 10
The cycles of Arthur and Charlemagne 11
The popular epic chanted 11
Ferabras 12
Girart de Rossilho 12
CHAPTER III.
THE ARTISTIC EPIC.
Roman de Jauffre 14
Flamenca 15
CHAPTER IV.
OTHER NARRATIVE AND DIDACTIC POEMS.
Castia-Gilos 27
Lay of the Parrot 27
Essenhamen de la Donzela 28
Rhymed chronicle of Navarre 28
The Song of the Crusade 30
Tale of the Heretic 31
Legends 35
Boethius 35
Corbiac’s Tezaur 37
Breviari d’Amor 37
The biographies of the Troubadours 39
Their authors 39
CHAPTER V.
APOCRYPHA.
Provençal literature chiefly lyrical 42
Fauriel’s theory 42
Aversion to epic poems 42
Arnaut Daniel an epic poet 43
His praise by Dante 45
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