Troubadour Texts and Contexts

Essays in Honor of Wendy Pfeffer
New interpretations of troubadour texts and lyrics, from their main themes and motifs to their reception and influence.
New interpretations of different aspects of troubadour texts and lyrics, from their main themes and motifs to their reception and influence.Nearly a millennium after their songs of love, politics, war, satire, and redemption began to fill the courts of Europe, the troubadours continue to fascinate modern audiences. However, many aspects of their work, such as the supposedly adulterous nature of fin'amor, the "Frenchness" of the troubadours, the biographical veracity of the vidas, and the inherent misogyny of the troubadour lyric, have long been taken for granted. This volume takes a fresh look at these ideas, questioning many of the formative assumptions of troubadour scholarship, and proposing alternative readings of many canonical texts.Essays offer a reconsideration of the reception of works by such important figures as Guilhem IX, Jaufre Rudel, Peire Vidal, Pistoleta, Guilhem Adhemar, Giraut de Borneil, Perdigon, Fulk of Marseilles, and Arnaut Daniel. There are also examinations of the lexicon and cultural uses of chess, azure and tin, and the changing landscape of the Rhone delta, providing a deeper understanding of the imagery they furnished. Other essays consider the later life of the manuscripts, including the surprising story of how Napoleon demanded certain Occitan manuscripts after his conquest of Italy. The collection as a whole is thus a fitting tribute to the pioneering work of Wendy Pfeffer, who has made such a contribution to the field of troubadour studies.

Contributor: Linda Paterson (Contributions by), Mary Franklin-Brown (Contributions by), Matilda Tomaryn Bruckner (Contributions by), William D Paden (Contributions by), Roy Rosenstein (Contributions by), Sarah Spence (Contributions by), Walter Meliga (Contributions by), Constance H Berman (Contributions by), Daniel E O'Sullivan (Contributions by), Elizabeth Hebbard (Contributions by), Francesco Carapezza (Contributions by), Giuseppe Noto (Contributions by), Courtney Joseph Wells (Edited by), Lisa Shugert Bevevino (Edited by), Sarah-Grace Heller (Edited by), Catherine Léglu (Contributions by)

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