9780674980976-0674980972-Carmina Burana (2) (Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library) (Volume II)

Carmina Burana (2) (Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library) (Volume II)

ISBN-13: 9780674980976
ISBN-10: 0674980972
Publication date: 2018
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Format: Hardcover 800 pages
FREE US shipping

Book details

ISBN-13: 9780674980976
ISBN-10: 0674980972
Publication date: 2018
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Format: Hardcover 800 pages

Summary

Carmina Burana (2) (Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library) (Volume II) (ISBN-13: 9780674980976 and ISBN-10: 0674980972), was published by Harvard University Press in 2018. With an overall rating of 3.8 stars, it's a notable title among other books. You can easily purchase or rent Carmina Burana (2) (Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library) (Volume II) (Hardcover) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $3.05.

Description

Carmina Burana, literally “Songs from Beuern,” is named after the village where the manuscript was found. The songbook consists of nearly 250 poems, on subjects ranging from sex and gambling to crusades and corruption. Compiled in the thirteenth century in South Tyrol, a German-speaking region of Italy, it is the largest surviving collection of secular Medieval Latin verse and provides insights into the vibrant social, spiritual, and intellectual life of the Middle Ages. The multilingual codex includes works by leading Latin poets such as the Archpoet, Walter of Châtillon, and the canonist Peter of Blois, as well as stanzas by German lyric poets. More than half these poems are preserved nowhere else.A selection from Carmina Burana first appeared in Victorian England in 1884 under the provocative title Wine, Women and Song. The title Carmina Burana remains fixed in the popular imagination today, conjured vividly by Carl Orff’s famous cantata―no Medieval Latin lyrics are better known throughout the world. This new presentation of the medieval classic in its entirety makes the anthology accessible in two volumes to Latin lovers and English readers alike.
Rate this book Rate this book

We would LOVE it if you could help us and other readers by reviewing the book