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This bilingual edition of the 15th-century poet's work incorporates recent scholarship.

One of the most original and influential European poets of the Middle Ages, Fran ois Villon took his inspiration from the streets, taverns, and jails of Paris. Villon was a subversive voice speaking from the margins of society. He wrote about love and sex, money trouble, "the... Read Full Overview

Francois Villon was the last of the great medieval poets, as important in his own, more limited, sphere as Chaucer or Dante. His fame surpasses that of any other medieval French lyricist in spite of the modest quantity, uneven quality, and often repellent subject-matter of... Read Full Overview

Fran ois Villon was born in Paris in 1431. His life was blighted by destitution and ill health, robbery and murder, torture and exile. While we do not know what became of Villon after his 32nd year, the poems he produced in just six years capture in forceful, intelligent and... Read Full Overview

This bilingual edition of the 15th-century poet's work incorporates recent scholarship.

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely... Read Full Overview

This book has been considered by academicians and scholars of great significance and value to literature. This forms a part of the knowledge base for future generations. So that the book is never forgotten we have represented this book in a print format as the same form as it... Read Full Overview

Ces po?mes de la fin du XV?me si?cle sont les plus anciens qu'un Fran?ais d'aujourd'hui puisse lire dans le texte original, sans recours ? une traduction (avec quelques difficult?s tout de m?me). Villon y exprime des sentiments personnels qui peuvent toucher un lecteur moderne... Read Full Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely... Read Full Overview