Ezra Pound's Provincial Provence: Arnaut Daniel, Gavin Douglas, and the Vulgar Tongue

What is it about?

A look at Pound's translations of Arnaut Daniel in the context of his work on troubadour poetry generally but also Guido Cavalcanti. Special attention given to how Pound uses a lexicon taken partly from Scots poet Gavin Douglas in his Arnaut renderings. Some speculations on theories of the vernacular in relation to translation.

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