The Kingdom of Sicily, 1100-1250 [electronic resource] : a literary history / Karla Mallette.

By: Contributor(s): Series: Middle Ages seriesPublication details: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2005.Description: 214 p. : illSubject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 850.9/9458/09021 22
LOC classification:
  • PQ5902.S53 M35 2005eb
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Contents:
Toward a literary history of the Kingdom of Sicily -- An archeology of the Sicilian park -- Frederick II and the Genesis of a Sicilian romance culture -- Rereading Le Origini: Sivilian romance poetry and the language of natural philosophy -- Beyond Le Origini: Sicilian romance poetry in a feminine voice -- Vernacularity and Sicilian culture -- "In youth, the soul attains its desire" (from the Siqilliyyat) / Ibn Hamdis -- "Because of long-lasting grief" (from the Siqilliyyat) / Ibn Hamdis -- "Oh, garden of love" / Ibn Hamdis -- "You tortured me with the two elements" / Ibn Hamdis -- "Oh, blonde tribe, my blood is on your hands" / Abu Musa -- "My tears expose my love" / Abu Musa -- "Oh, Favara of the two seas!" / Al-Atrabanishi -- "Pass round the golden carnelian-red [wine]" / Al-Buthayri and Ibn Bashrun -- "The radiant moon has been extinguished" / Abu al-Dawʼ -- "He sought solace" / Abu Hafs -- Introduction to al-Idrisi's Geography -- The Travels of Ibn Jubayr -- The daughter of Ibn �Abbad and Frederick II -- Henricus Aristippis's preface to his translation of Plato's Phaedo, ca. 1156 -- Preface to a translation of Ptolemy's Almagest / by an unknown translator, ca. 1160 -- On the death of William and the arrival of the Germans / Hugo Falcandus -- Lament on the death of William II / Peter of Eboli -- Hunting with birds / Frederick II -- Frederick II and Lucera -- Innocent IV excommunicates Frederick -- The destruction of Lucera -- Introduction to the Book of Sydrac -- "Maravigliosamente" / Giacomo da Lentini -- "Armor non vole" / Giacomo da Lentini -- "Or come pote s�i gran donna intrare" / Giacomo da Lentini -- "A l'aire claro �o vista ploggia dare" / Giacomo da Lentini -- "Dolze meo drudo" / Frederick II -- "Sei anni �o travagliato" / Mazzeo di Ricco -- "Gi�a mai non mi conforto" / Rinaldo d'Aquino -- "Ancor che l'aigua per lo foco lassi" / Guido delle Colonne -- "Oi lassa 'namorata" / Anonymous.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [199]-207) and index.

Toward a literary history of the Kingdom of Sicily -- An archeology of the Sicilian park -- Frederick II and the Genesis of a Sicilian romance culture -- Rereading Le Origini: Sivilian romance poetry and the language of natural philosophy -- Beyond Le Origini: Sicilian romance poetry in a feminine voice -- Vernacularity and Sicilian culture -- "In youth, the soul attains its desire" (from the Siqilliyyat) / Ibn Hamdis -- "Because of long-lasting grief" (from the Siqilliyyat) / Ibn Hamdis -- "Oh, garden of love" / Ibn Hamdis -- "You tortured me with the two elements" / Ibn Hamdis -- "Oh, blonde tribe, my blood is on your hands" / Abu Musa -- "My tears expose my love" / Abu Musa -- "Oh, Favara of the two seas!" / Al-Atrabanishi -- "Pass round the golden carnelian-red [wine]" / Al-Buthayri and Ibn Bashrun -- "The radiant moon has been extinguished" / Abu al-Dawʼ -- "He sought solace" / Abu Hafs -- Introduction to al-Idrisi's Geography -- The Travels of Ibn Jubayr -- The daughter of Ibn �Abbad and Frederick II -- Henricus Aristippis's preface to his translation of Plato's Phaedo, ca. 1156 -- Preface to a translation of Ptolemy's Almagest / by an unknown translator, ca. 1160 -- On the death of William and the arrival of the Germans / Hugo Falcandus -- Lament on the death of William II / Peter of Eboli -- Hunting with birds / Frederick II -- Frederick II and Lucera -- Innocent IV excommunicates Frederick -- The destruction of Lucera -- Introduction to the Book of Sydrac -- "Maravigliosamente" / Giacomo da Lentini -- "Armor non vole" / Giacomo da Lentini -- "Or come pote s�i gran donna intrare" / Giacomo da Lentini -- "A l'aire claro �o vista ploggia dare" / Giacomo da Lentini -- "Dolze meo drudo" / Frederick II -- "Sei anni �o travagliato" / Mazzeo di Ricco -- "Gi�a mai non mi conforto" / Rinaldo d'Aquino -- "Ancor che l'aigua per lo foco lassi" / Guido delle Colonne -- "Oi lassa 'namorata" / Anonymous.

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