Love Lyrics from the Carmina Burana - by P G Walsh (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

Walsh's book should be a vade mecum for anyone who would teach the Carmina Burana on any level and be of considerable value in general to medievalists, comparatists, and those in related disciplines.--New England Classical Newsletter and Journal

"Teachers, students, and any reader interested in medieval lyric will find this volume a clear and useful approach to intrinsically interesting texts.--Renaissance Quarterly

"The most scholarly and most helpful presentation of a group of these captivating lyrics that has yet appeared in English.--Peter Dronke, University of Cambridge

"A superb volume, fully worthy of these famous but often misunderstood poems. P. G. Walsh's unmatched erudition in Latin literature furnishes lucid grammatical explanations, incisive analysis of goliardic literary values and technique, and illuminating references to ancient and medieval parallels. His prose translations make the poems accessible also to those with little or no Latin.--Janet M. Martin, Princeton University

From the Back Cover

The Carmina Burana is the finest surviving collection of medieval Latin lyrics, especially love lyrics. These poems--many of them composed to be sung--are mostly the work of teachers and students in the schools of the twelfth century.

Review Quotes

A superb volume, fully worthy of these famous but often misunderstood poems.

Janet M. Martin, Princeton University

The most scholarly and most helpful presentation of a group of these captivating lyrics that has yet appeared in English.

Peter Dronke, University of Cambridge

Walsh's book should be . . . of considerable value in general to medievalists, comparatists, and those in related disciplines.

"New England Classical Newsletter and Journal"

"A superb volume, fully worthy of these famous but often misunderstood poems.

Janet M. Martin, Princeton University"

"The most scholarly and most helpful presentation of a group of these captivating lyrics that has yet appeared in English.

Peter Dronke, University of Cambridge"

"Walsh's book should be . . . of considerable value in general to medievalists, comparatists, and those in related disciplines.

"New England Classical Newsletter and Journal""

Any reader interested in medieval lyric will find this volume a clear and useful approach to intrinsically interesting texts.

"Renaissance Quarterly"