Companion to Early Iberian Traditional Lyrics (eBook)

Mariana Masera (Herausgeber)

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2025
272 Seiten
Boydell & Brewer Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-80010-821-9 (ISBN)

Infos

Accessible and reliable introduction in English to the earliest vernacular lyric poetry in the Iberian Peninsula.Dating to the tenth century, the earliest vernacular lyric poems in the Iberian Peninsula have been seen as evidence of an even older, oral, folk tradition and attest to the multicultural, multilingual nature of the genre from its very beginning. Primarily preserved in manuscript and printed songbooks, these poems were widely diffused across the Hispanic world. This Companion offers an accessible, reliable introduction in English to early Iberian traditional lyrics from a comparative and interdisciplinary perspective, paying special attention to their multicultural origins and their complex nature as both oral and written compositions. The opening chapters discuss the importance of understanding this dual essence in studying traditional lyrics today, provide an outline of their structure and formal features, and offer a contemporary overview of the field. The volume then examines the kharjas, the cantigas de amigo, and the tradition of Catalan lyricism before turning to a comparison of popular lyrics with the poetry of the cancioneros and romanceros and the preservation of the tradition in Sephardic ballads. The final chapters examine the survival of popular lyrics into the modern era and explore a new means of interpreting these poems through musical archaeology and musicological studies.

Inhalt

Introduction: Studying Early Iberian Traditional Lyrics Today - Mariana Masera

Section I: Early Hispanic Traditional and Popular Lyrics
1. The Old Hispanic Popular and Traditional Lyrics - Mariana Masera
2. Black Skins, White Breasts: The Sexualisation of the Female Subject in the Traditional Castilian Lyric - Andrew M. Beresford

Section II: Early Iberian Multicultural Traditions
3. The Ḫarǧas (Jarchas) - Teresa Garulo
4. Cantigas de Amigo Paralelísticas. Iberian Echoes of Women's Voices in a Men's World
Ria Lemaire-Mertens
5. Early Popular and Traditional Catalan Lyric Poetry - Raül Sanchis-Francés and Anna Alberni

Section III: Traditions and Genres
6. Old Hispanic Popular Lyrics and Cancionero Poetry: The Gaze as Topic and Discourse - Martha Bremauntz
7. Early Iberian Traditional Lyrics and the Romancero Viejo: Different Branches from the Same Tree - Magdalena Altamirano
8. Judeo-Spanish Ballads - Hilary Pomeroy

Section IV: Old Songs' Survival
9. From The Middle Ages to the Contemporary Era: Memory and Creativity in Oral and Popular Lyrics - José Manuel Pedrosa

Section V: Music
10. The Music of Medieval and Traditional Iberian Lyric: Diversity, Paradigms, and Communicative Efficiency - Antoni Rossell


Works Cited
Digital Resources
Glossary
Index of first verses and titles
General Index

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 2.9.2025
• Reihe/Serie: Tamesis Companions
• Co-Autor: Ana Alberni, Ana Rosa Gomez Mutio, Hilary Pomeroy, Antoni Rossell, Magdalena Altamirano, Jose Manuel Pedrosa Bartolome, Andrew M Beresford, Martha Bremauntz, Raul Sanchis Frances, Teresa Garulo, Mariana Masera, Ria Lemaire Mertens
• Zusatzinfo: 16 b/w illus.
• Verlagsort: Woodbridge
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 160 x 160 mm
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Essays / Feuilleton
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
• Schlagworte: Comparative perspective • Early Iberian Poetry • Hispanic world • interdisciplinary studies • Manuscript Songbooks • Multicultural Origins • Musical Archaeology • musicological studies • Oral tradition • Printed Songbooks • Sephardic Ballads • Vernacular Lyrics
• ISBN-10: 1-80010-821-4 / 1800108214
• ISBN-13: 978-1-80010-821-9 / 9781800108219