Courtney Joseph Wells & Lisa Shugert Bevevino 
Troubadour Texts and Contexts [EPUB ebook] 
Essays in Honor of Wendy Pfeffer

New interpretations of different aspects of troubadour texts and lyrics, from their main themes and motifs to their reception and influence.



Nearly a millennium after their songs of love, politics, war, satire, and redemption began to fill the courts of Europe, the troubadours continue to fascinate modern audiences. However, many aspects of their work, such as the supposedly adulterous nature of
fin’amor, the ‘Frenchness’ of the troubadours, the biographical veracity of the
vidas, and the inherent misogyny of the troubadour lyric, have long been taken for granted. This volume takes a fresh look at these ideas, questioning many of the formative assumptions of troubadour scholarship, and proposing alternative readings of many canonical texts.



Essays offer a reconsideration of the reception of works by such important figures as Guilhem IX, Jaufre Rudel, Peire Vidal, Pistoleta, Guilhem Adhemar, Giraut de Borneil, Perdigon, Fulk of Marseilles, and Arnaut Daniel. There are also examinations of the lexicon and cultural uses of chess, azure and tin, and the changing landscape of the Rhone delta, providing a deeper understanding of the imagery they furnished. Other essays consider the later life of the manuscripts, including the surprising story of how Napoleon demanded certain Occitan manuscripts after his conquest of Italy. The collection as a whole is thus a fitting tribute to the pioneering work of Wendy Pfeffer, who has made such a contribution to the field of troubadour studies.

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Introduction

Courtney Joseph Wells



Part I. Re-examining Troubadour Tropes and Themes


1. Reflections on Origins: How Troubadour Poetry Began

William D. Paden


2. Quirky Consumables: Guilhem IX’s Metaphors of
Joi and
Joc

Matilda Tomaryn Bruckner


3. Two anonymous troubadour texts:
Quan vei la flor sobre.l sambuc
(BEd T 461.205) and
Cant me donet l’anel daurat
(BEd T 461.203a)

Linda Paterson


4. Rereading Peire Vidal’s
Baron, de mon dan covit (
BEd T 364.7)

Francesco Carapezza (translated by Courtney Joseph Wells)


5. Restoring Pistoleta

Daniel E. O’Sullivan


6. Vashti and Esther in Occitania: The Value of Place-Based Knowledge and Inclusive Scholarship

Lisa Shugert Bevevino


Part II.
Materiality of/within Occitan Texts


7. Napoleon’s Troubadours

Elizabeth K. Hebbard


8. Knights, Pawns, and Troubadours: Constructing Troubadour Identity through the Arabic Language of Chess

Mary Franklin-Brown


9. Azure and Tin in the
Canso
Nuilla res by Giraut de Borneil

Catherine Léglu


10. Perdigon, Fulk of Marseilles, and the Expanding Economy of the Rhone River Delta

Constance H. Berman


Part III. The Legacy of Old Occitan and Troubadour Texts in Later Cultural Contexts


11. Old Occitan Songbooks in
Cinquecento Florence

Walter Meliga


12.
Un disio di parlare: A Vertical Reading of Canto 26 in Dante’s
Divina Commedia

Sarah Spence



13.
Jujar, to proensalesco: The Mythification of Occitan in the Theater of Dario Fo

Giuseppe Noto (Translated by Courtney Joseph Wells)


14. Jaufre Rudel Hits the Beaches of the Twenty-first Century: From Robertsonian to Lacanian?

Roy Rosenstein


List of Wendy Pfeffer’s Publications

Index

Tabula Gratulatoria

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LINDA PATERSON is Professor Emerita at Warwick University.