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The Romance of Flamenca
Variously described as a comedy of manners, a psychological romance, and a type of fabliau, the 13th-century narrative Flamenca is the best medieval romance written in Occitan. Its uniqueness springs from qualities that anticipate the preoccupations of modern-day narrative. Not content with being a love story fraught with risk and intrigue, the poem is layered with responses to the troubadour tradition of love and poetry, as well as the Bible and the classics. Though among the most bookish of romances, its tone is invariably ironic, comic, and satirical. This playfulness may be measured by the variety and vehemence of critical response to the poem. Is it a vindication of the troubadour ideal...
Songs of the Women Troubadours
This work offers an edition and translation of some 30 poems by the trobairitz, a remarkable group of women poets from the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, who composed in the style and language of the troubadours. Introductory essays and notes by specialists in the field place the poems in literary, linguistic, historical, social and cultural contexts. English versions facing Occitan texts elucidate the original language and themes, while supplying poems that can be enjoyed by contemporary readers . The varied corpus includes love songs (cansos), debate poems (tensos), political satires (sirventes) and other lyrical sub-genres (including dawn-song, lament, ballad, chanson de mal mariee). To represent the range of female voices available in the lyric corpus of the troubadours, the editors have selected songs consistently attributed to historically documented women poets, as well as songs whose authorship is open to question. The latter may be presented by the manuscripts with or without a named woman poet, but all offer female speakers personae characteristic of troubadour poets in general.
Libérez-vous de vos insomnies
Le sommeil ne se commande pas, il s’apprivoise. Cet excellent guide, plein de science et d’expérience, va vous montrer comment douceur et lâcher-prise peuvent écarter progressivement les insomnies et la peur de ne pas dormir. Christophe AndréCe guide vous accompagne à travers un programme simple et facile à appliquer pour vous aider à vous libérer de vos insomnies, qu’elles durent depuis des mois ou depuis des années. La clé : ne cherchez pas à dormir à tout prix et vivez pleinement votre vie pour retrouver des nuits paisibles. Un livre qui vous guide pas à pas pour vous aider à faire la paix avec vos insomnies. Benjamin Putois est docteur ès sciences cognitives, enseignant à la formation universitaire à distance de Suisse, chercheur associé à l’Inserm, psychologue clinicien et psychothérapeute TCC/ACT/EMDR. Mélinée Chapoutot est psychologue clinicienne et psychothérapeute TCC/ACT spécialisée dans le sommeil de l’adulte. Elle exerce notamment au Centre hospitalier du Valais Romand en Suisse.
The Songs of Peire Vidal
Peire Vidal, one of the most celebrated of the Occitan troubadours, was a favorite performer at the courts of France, Spain, Italy, Malta, and Palestine during the late twelfth and early thirteenth centuries. His witty and humorous love-songs and satires provide a fascinating insight into the courtly society of his times. This book includes the first English translation and commentary of the complete works of Peire Vidal. It is a useful and accessible text for students and specialists of medieval literature.
The Land of Israel in Bible, History, and Theology
This book deals with many aspects of the land of Israel. In the first part, the emphasis is on descriptions of the land in Joshua and other books of the Hebrew anf Greek Bible. In the second part, the focus shifts to the land in history and theology: reception-history of biblical texts dealing with the land, archaeology of Palestine, and theological-hermeneutical implications of taking the land traditions of the Bible seriously. The result is a rich collection of articles on one of the main themes of the Old Testament; a theme that has a fascinating, although not always unproblematic reception history.
