Parrots and Nightingales

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Kay, Sarah.

Parrots and nightingales : troubadour quotations and the development of European poetry / Sarah Kay. — 1st ed. p. cm. — (Middle Ages series)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 978-0-8122-4525-7 (hardcover : alk. paper)

1. Provençal literature—History and criticism.

2. Troubadour songs—History and criticism.

3. Quotations in literature—History and criticism.

4. European poetry—Provençal influences—History and criticism. I. Title. II. Series: Middle Ages series.

PC3304.K39 2013

849'.1009—dc23

2013005804