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One of the most original and influential European poets of the Middle Ages, François Villon took his inspiration from the streets, taverns, and jails of Paris. The poet was a subversive voice speaking from the margins of society. These poems are about love and sex, money trouble, "the thieving...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Villon, François, 1431-1463
Other Authors: Georgi, David
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Francés
Published: Evanston, Ill. : Northwestern University Press, [2013]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Bequests
  • The testament
  • Shorter poems : Letter to his friends
  • Ballade of fortune
  • Ballade of the hanged men
  • Ballade of proverbs
  • Everything but myself
  • Ballade of countertruths
  • Villon's debate with his heart
  • In praise of Marie d'Orleans
  • I die of thirst at the fountain's edge
  • Advice for the groom
  • Request to the prince
  • Ballade against the enemies of France
  • Ballade of good counsel
  • The quatrain that Villon made when he was condemned to die
  • Now what do you think of my appeal?
  • The praise that Villon gave to the court
  • List of abbreviations
  • Notes : a companion to the poems.