The Arundel Lyrics: The Poems of Hugh Primas [Latin]

This volume presents two complementary medieval anthologies containing lyrics by two outstanding Latin poets of the second half of the twelfth century. The poet Peter of Blois was proclaimed by a contemporary of his to be a master composer of rhythmic verse. Peter's secular love-lyrics gathered in the Arundel manuscript give substance to that claim. Written with a technical virtuosity that rivals the metrical display of Horatian lyric, the poems...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: Latin
• ISBN: 0674055578
• ISBN13: 9780674055575
• Release Date: November 2010
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.6" x 8.2"