Warehouse Stock Clearance Sale

Grab a bargain today!


Proensa
By

Rating

Product Description
Product Details

Promotional Information

Out of print for almost thirty years, Paul Blackburn's translations of thirty troubador poets is one of the most important texts devoted to this period of literature. This reissue will be welcomed by scholars and students of medieval poetry and casual poetry lovers.

About the Author

Paul Blackburn (1926-1971) was a lyric poet and one of America's foremost translators of troubadour verse. A contributing editor and distributor of the Black Mountain Review, he published thirteen poetry collections. The winner of a Guggenheim Fellowship, he taught at the New School and the State University of New York at Cortland. George Economou has published Geoffrey Chaucer (1975) and two other books on medieval literature. He is also a poet and translator.

Reviews

“Shortly after Proensa was first published by Robert Creeley in Mallorca in 1953, Paul Blackburn wrote his own best definition of these songs: ‘To give / and man enough to receive, LOVE, / when he finds it offered. / To take the sun and the goods of earth, while it lasts.’ Over sixty years later his voicings of the troubadours still ring fresh—leaping with joy, sorrowing with duende.” —Richard Sieburth

“Blackburn’s forgotten translation of Troubadour poets, Proensa, is a testament to translation as a test of truth...never did strings plucked at such a distance reverberate so closely.”—Paul Pines, Big Bridge

“Blackburn has skillfully incorporated musical elements and also ‘high’ diction and syntax...a great translation.”—Stephen Fredman, Chicago Review
 
“Spare, modern, and abstract without violating the artistic intricacy of the original...Proensa is a boon to those who will never experience the pleasure of studying the troubadours in their original accents but who now can appreciate their complex beauty in Paul Blackburn’s dense dynamic re-creations.”—Patricia Harris, Romance Philology
 

Ask a Question About this Product More...
 
Look for similar items by category
Home » Books » Poetry » General
Home » Books » Poetry » Anthologies
People also searched for
How Fishpond Works
Fishpond works with suppliers all over the world to bring you a huge selection of products, really great prices, and delivery included on over 25 million products that we sell. We do our best every day to make Fishpond an awesome place for customers to shop and get what they want — all at the best prices online.
Webmasters, Bloggers & Website Owners
You can earn a 8% commission by selling Proensa: An Anthology of Troubadour Poetry on your website. It's easy to get started - we will give you example code. After you're set-up, your website can earn you money while you work, play or even sleep! You should start right now!
Authors / Publishers
Are you the Author or Publisher of a book? Or the manufacturer of one of the millions of products that we sell. You can improve sales and grow your revenue by submitting additional information on this title. The better the information we have about a product, the more we will sell!
Item ships from and is sold by Fishpond.com, Inc.

Back to top