Machaut and the Medieval Apprenticeship Tradition: Truth, Fiction and Poetic Craft

by Douglas Kelly

A close examination of an important theme in Machaut's works.

A milestone in Machaut studies and in late-medieval French literature in general. Machaut, already considered the seminal figure in late-medieval poetics and music, here comes across in these respects more clearly than ever. Kelly also further contextualises him within what we might call the authorial apprenticeship tradition' of Boethius, the Roman de la Rose, Dante, and later...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1843843722
• ISBN13: 9781843843726
• Release Date: April 2014
• Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
• Length: 378 Pages
• Weight: 1.56 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"