{"product_id":"cantigas-galician-portuguese-troubadour-poems-9780691179407","title":"Cantigas: Galician-Portuguese Troubadour Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA bilingual volume that reveals an intriguing world of courtly love and satire in medieval Portugal and Spain\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe rich tradition of troubadour poetry in western Iberia had all but vanished from history until the discovery of several ancient \u003ci\u003ecancioneiros\u003c\/i\u003e, or songbooks, in the nineteenth century. These compendiums revealed close to 1,700 songs, or \u003ci\u003ecantigas\u003c\/i\u003e, composed by around 150 troubadours from Galicia, Portugal, and Castile in the thirteenth and early fourteenth centuries. In \u003ci\u003eCantigas\u003c\/i\u003e, award-winning translator Richard Zenith presents a delightful selection of 124 of these poems in English versions that preserve the musical quality of the originals, which are featured on facing pages. By turns romantic, spiritual, ironic, misogynist, and feminist, these lyrics paint a vibrant picture of their time and place, surprising us with attitudes and behaviors that are both alien and familiar. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe book includes the three major kinds of \u003ci\u003ecantigas\u003c\/i\u003e. While \u003ci\u003ecantigas de amor\u003c\/i\u003e (love poems in the voice of men) were largely inspired by the troubadour poetry of southern France, \u003ci\u003ecantigas de amigo \u003c\/i\u003e(love poems voiced by women) derived from a unique native oral tradition in which the narrator pines after her beloved, sings his praises, or mocks him. In turn, \u003ci\u003ecantigas de escárnio\u003c\/i\u003e are satiric, and sometimes outrageously obscene, lyrics whose targets include aristocrats, corrupt clergy, promiscuous women, and homosexuals. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eComplete with an illuminating introduction on the history of the \u003ci\u003ecantigas\u003c\/i\u003e, their poetic characteristics, and the men who composed and performed them, this engaging volume is filled with exuberant and unexpected poems.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-12274431\"\u003eRichard Zenith\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Princeton University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/17\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.40w x 1.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780691179407\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0691179409\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-LIT\"\u003eLiterary Criticism\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-LIT004280\"\u003eEuropean | Spanish \u0026amp; Portuguese\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-POE\"\u003ePoetry\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-POE020000\"\u003eEuropean | Spanish \u0026amp; Portuguese\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRichard Zenith\u003c\/b\u003e, the author of \u003ci\u003ePessoa: A Biography\u003c\/i\u003e, is a prolific translator of Portuguese and Brazilian poets and writers.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44523666407661,"sku":"9780691179407","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_88727c00-177e-4e63-a75a-0c06fb72f733.jpg?v=1701323638","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/cantigas-galician-portuguese-troubadour-poems-9780691179407","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}