Medieval Song from Aristotle to Opera

Discusses Songs By The Troubadours, Trouvères, And Guillaume De Machaut, Performed Live And On The Page, In The Context Of Antique, Late Antique, And Medieval Thought And Poetic Practice And In The Light Of Later Opera. Topics Include Cosmology, Education, Astronomy, Breath, Beasts, Monsters, Hybridity, Imagination, Life, And Death-- Provided By Publisher.