Special Issue: The Circulation of Words and Images in Medieval Literature
Words and Images of Medieval Popular Songs
2017 Volume 66 Issue 7 Pages 2-12
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2017 Volume 66 Issue 7 Pages 2-12
A literary world is built of carefully wrought words and images. Each verbal image plays a more important role in the construction of a word-world in verse than in prose. This article will analyze the words of medieval popular songs in terms of literary, auditory, and visual images to show what made them fashionable and entertaining in popular culture.
