Short Lyric Poems of Jean Froissart

<p>Originally published in 1994 <i>The Short Lyric Poems of Jean Froissart </i>is a meticulous reading of the important but generally neglected short lyric poems of Jean Froissart. The book situates Froissart within the cultural and literary context of fourteenth-century Europe and examines a representative number of his lyric forms (<i>pastourelles chansons royales ballades virelais </i>and <i>rondeaux</i>) demonstrating their richness of theme and poetic virtuosity. The book provides a readable and reliable English translation making it possible for English scholars unfamiliar with the original Middle French forms to understand and appreciate the influence Froissart had on Chaucer and other authors of the age. The book focuses on themes techniques meters and rhythms that Froissart employed in his poetry on how his poetry fits poetic tradition and on the place of Froissart in literary history. </p>