The French balades
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The French balades
（Middle English texts）
Medieval Institute Publications, Western Michigan University, c2011
- : pbk
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Note
French and English on facing pages
Bibliography: p. 179-182
Contents of Works
- Traitié
- Cinkante balades
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Gower's imaginative French poetry is now available in a new edition with facing page translation, annotations, and introduction. Gower's Traitie employs the French poetic form of balade, typically used for courtly verses, to avow instead the virtues of loving marriage, characteristic of Gower's signature moralizing. His Cinkante balades confront the tradition of the French Livre de cent balades, by describing the feelings of a young man towards his lady, but eventually offering a praise of love insofar as it is subject to reason and morality. Together the two works offer an excellent introduction to the Anglo-Norman works of Gower and are perfect for classroom use.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
General Introduction
Traitie selonc les auctours pour essampler les amantz marietz
Introduction
Text
Explanatory Notes
Textual Notes
Cinkante Balades
Introduction
Text
Explanatory Notes
Textual Notes
Appendix 1: A Translation of the Traitie (Quixley)
Appendix 2: A Note on Gower's French by Brian Merrilees
Bibliography
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