The Testament and Other Poems: New Translation
(Sprache: Englisch)
Violent, indignant, ribald and often brutally physical, Villon's verse has a formidable satiric thrust, and yet is also encompasses passages of poignant nostalgia and haunting lyric expression, culminating in his digressive autobiographical masterpiece,...
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Violent, indignant, ribald and often brutally physical, Villon's verse has a formidable satiric thrust, and yet is also encompasses passages of poignant nostalgia and haunting lyric expression, culminating in his digressive autobiographical masterpiece, 'The Testament', which counts among the most popular texts of French poetry.
Autoren-Porträt von François Villon
François Villon (c.1431-c.1463) is an almost legendary figure in French literature. Involved, as a young man, in street brawls, thefts and a killing, he was imprisoned and sentenced to death, but later pardoned by King Charles VII. His most famous poems, which are among the founding texts of French literature, are The Legacy, The Testament and The Ballade of the Hanged Men.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: François Villon
- 2013, 288 Seiten, Gebunden, Englisch
- Übersetzung: Mortimer, Anthony
- Verlag: Bloomsbury Trade
- ISBN-10: 1847493289
- ISBN-13: 9781847493286
Sprache:
Englisch
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