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Marcabru in Motion: “Dire vos vuoill ses duptanssa” in Chansonniers A and C, and in Matfre Ermengaud's Breviari d’amor

Sunderland, Luke

Marcabru in Motion: “Dire vos vuoill ses duptanssa” in Chansonniers A and C, and in Matfre Ermengaud's Breviari d’amor Thumbnail


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The poems by Marcabru (fl. 1130-50) and Matfre Ermengaud (d. 1322) illustrate the intertextual nature of the Occitan tradition. This paper compares three versions of Marcabru's text (chansonnier A, longer version in C, and Matrfré's citation). If the version A appears "broadly biographical or personal," the version C, almost twice as long, is "less of a poem about Marcabru’s life, more of an attempt to define love in all its attractions and horrors." Finally, Matfre's Breviari uses the poem to express an opinion and then, also, to testify against itself. This epistemological meditation is at the very center of the preoccupation of both Matfre and Marcabru.

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Sunderland, L. (2011). Marcabru in Motion: “Dire vos vuoill ses duptanssa” in Chansonniers A and C, and in Matfre Ermengaud's Breviari d’amor. Glossator, 4, 115-130

Journal Article Type Article
Publication Date Jan 1, 2011
Deposit Date Oct 18, 2011
Publicly Available Date Nov 24, 2011
Journal Glossator.
Print ISSN 2152-1506
Electronic ISSN 1942-3381
Publisher CUNY Graduate Center
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 4
Pages 115-130
Keywords Marcabru.
Publisher URL http://ojs.gc.cuny.edu/index.php/glossator/issue/view/59/showToc

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