Leach treats Machaut's central poetic themes of hope, fortune, and death, integrating the aspect of Machaut's multimedia art that differentiates him from his contemporaries' treatment of similar thematic issues: music. In restoring the centrality of music in Machaut's poetics, arguing that his words cannot be truly understood or appreciated without the additional layers of meaning created in their musicalization, Leach makes a compelling argument that musico-literary performance occupied a special place in the courts of fourteenth-century France.
Leach treats Machaut's central poetic themes of hope, fortune, and death, integrating the aspect of Machaut's multimedia art that differentiates him from his contemporaries' treatment of similar thematic issues: music. In restoring the centrality of music in Machaut's poetics, arguing that his words cannot be truly understood or appreciated without the additional layers of meaning created in their musicalization, Leach makes a compelling argument that musico-literary performance occupied a special place in the courts of fourteenth-century France.
Guillaume de Machaut: Secretary, Poet, Musician
384Guillaume de Machaut: Secretary, Poet, Musician
384Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9780801449338 |
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Publisher: | Cornell University Press |
Publication date: | 03/10/2011 |
Pages: | 384 |
Product dimensions: | 6.30(w) x 9.40(h) x 1.30(d) |
Age Range: | 18 Years |