Songbook: How Lyrics Became Poetry in Medieval Europe

Marisa Galvez

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This research explores the evolution of lyric poetry in medieval Europe, focusing on vernacular songbooks from the thirteenth to fifteenth centuries. It challenges contemporary notions of poetry as a solitary endeavor by revealing the collaborative nature of songbook creation and reception across different cultures and languages. Marisa Galvez's analysis of seminal songbooks in Occitan, Middle High German, and Castilian illustrates how these texts not only preserved oral traditions but also shaped modern expectations of poetry and the role of poets.

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