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Shows what poetry was before the emergence of the modern category poetry: that is, how vernacular songbooks of the thirteenth to fifteenth centuries shaped our modern understanding of poetry by establishing expectations of what is a poem, what is a poet, and what is lyric poetry itself.

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"A book distinguished not only by clarity of presentation and learning but also by impressive comparative scope." (Speculum) "Songbook is written in an eloquent, confident, elegant style, clearly argued and exceptionally well designed and edited." (Times Literary Supplement)

Songbook

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    A Paperback / softback by Marisa Galvez

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      Publisher The University of Chicago Press
      Published 10 July 2015
      ISBN-13 9780226270050
      978-0226270050
      ISBN-10 022627005X
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      Literary studies: ancient, classical

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Shows what poetry was before the emergence of the modern category poetry: that is, how vernacular songbooks of the thirteenth to fifteenth centuries shaped our modern understanding of poetry by establishing expectations of what is a poem, what is a poet, and what is lyric poetry itself.

      Trade Review
      "A book distinguished not only by clarity of presentation and learning but also by impressive comparative scope." (Speculum) "Songbook is written in an eloquent, confident, elegant style, clearly argued and exceptionally well designed and edited." (Times Literary Supplement)

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