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Ezra Pound and the Troubadour Tradition
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Full Title:
Ezra Pound and the Troubadour Tradition
Contributors:
By (Author) Stuart Y. McDougal
Publisher:
Princeton University Press
Imprint:
Princeton University Press
Publication Date:
28th June 2016
Country:
United States
Classifications
Readership:
Tertiary Education
Genre:
Fiction/Non-fiction:
Non Fiction
Main Subject:
Dewey:
811.52
Physical Properties
Physical Format:
Hardback
Number of Pages:
174
Dimensions:
Width 152mm, Height 235mm
Weight:
397g
Description
The world of the troubadours of medieval Provence--of Bertran de Born, Arnaut de Mareuil, and Peire Bremon lo Tort--always fascinated Ezra Pound and, as Stuart McDougal shows, provided both themes and techniques for his early poetry. Pound's first translations of Provencal poetry were a way of penetrating an alien sensibility and culture and makin
