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The Poets Tongues: Multilingualism in Literature: The de Carle Lectures at the University of Otago 1968 Hardcover - 1971
by Leonard Forster
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- Title The Poets Tongues: Multilingualism in Literature: The de Carle Lectures at the University of Otago 1968
- Author Leonard Forster
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition 1st Edition
- Pages 116
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, England
- Date March 2, 1971
- ISBN 9780521077668 / 0521077664
- Library of Congress subjects Poetry - History and criticism, Multilingualism and literature
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 76112469
- Dewey Decimal Code 809.1
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The Poets Tongues: Multilingualism in Literature (The de Carle Lectures at the University of Otago, 1968)
by Forster, Leonard Wilson
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Cambridge University Press, London, 1971. First Edition. Black Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket. gilt titles spine; beige endpapers; "In medieval literature there was a convention which laid down that the choice of language was determined by the literary genre in question, not by the nationality of the author. The North Italian troubadours from the thirteenth to the fifteenth centuries wrote lyric poetry in Provencal and narrative poetry in French; Italian tended to be restricted to legal prose. Ramon Vidal de Besalu at the end of the twelfth century declared that French was best suited to certain poetic genres - romanz, retronsas and pasturellas -, while Provencal was more appropriate to others - vers, cansos and sirventes. He does not consider his own native language, Catalan, at all in this connexion."; a study of polyglot & bilingual literature from the medieval period to the present day; a clean copy; including index - 101 pages. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" -…
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The Poet's Tongues: Multilingualism In Literature (The De Carle Lectures At The University Of Otago, 1968)
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New York, New York, U. S. A.: Cambridge University Press, 1970. First Thus . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First American Edition (First Thus). Includes Index. The Book Is Bound In Brown Cloth Over Boards With Gilt Lettering On The Spine. Small Faint Stain On The Foredges, Else Fine. The Unclipped Jacket Has Minor Wear.
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