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Jennifer Saltzstein, Song, Landscape & Identity in Medieval Northern France. Oxford: Oxford University Press 2023, 274 pp., illustrations and tables.

von Hilbrand Adema (Autor:in)
3 Seiten
Open Access
Journal: Mediaevistik Band 39 Ausgabe 1 Erscheinungsjahr 2026 pp. 387 - 389

Zusammenfassung

This recent book by Saltzstein offers a strikingly original re-evaluation of the trouvère repertoire by placing landscape and environment at the center of poetic and musical meaning. Building on her earlier work on ethics and social responsibility in medieval song, Saltzstein now turns to the ways in which natural settings shape identity, emotion, and social experience in the thirteenth century. Her argument that landscape functions not as a decorative backdrop but as an active agent in the construction of lyric subjectivity is both persuasive and invigorating, and it opens new interpretive pathways for scholars and performers alike.

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Seiten
3
DOI
10.3726/med.2026.01.89
Erscheinungsdatum
2026 (August)
Schlagworte
jennifer saltzstein song landscape identity medieval northern france oxford university press
Produktsicherheit
Peter Lang Group AG

Biographische Angaben

Hilbrand Adema (Autor:in)

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Titel: Jennifer Saltzstein, Song, Landscape & Identity in Medieval Northern France. Oxford: Oxford University Press 2023, 274 pp., illustrations and tables.