A Poet at the Fountain Essays on the Narrative Verse of Guillaume de Machaut

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Calin, William

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<P>This collection is the first full-length literary study on Machaut, France's leading poet and musician of the 14th century. Machaut's narrative poems, called <I>dits</I>, have only been lightly ...

<P>This collection is the first full-length literary study on Machaut, France's leading poet and musician of the 14th century. Machaut's narrative poems, called <I>dits</I>, have only been lightly studied. Here, author William Calin examines the works for their intrinsic merit and for their historical importance in influencing many writers, most notably Chaucer.</P>

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