About this title: After allegedly murdering a priest in Paris, the medieval French poet Francois Villon (1431-1474) spent much of his life associated with a band of criminals fleeing the law. A gifted poet, Villon's bawdy work is a window on the seedy world he inhabited. Much of his poetry here takes the form of a will, in which he leaves various sundry articles to ...
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Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Story Line Press
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9781885266996ISBN:1885266995
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. Light cover wear, CLEAN text inside, tight binding. Good shape. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 190 p. Audience: General/trade. read more
Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Ashland, OR, U.S.A. : Story Line Press, 2000
ISBN-13:9781885266996ISBN:1885266995
Description: Trade Paperback. Very Good+. Uncorrected PROOF. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. XX +190 PAGES. Bilingual Edition. Includes notes. " Louis Simpson's translation of Francois Villon's THE LEGACY & THE TESTAMENT has achieved the impossible, as Simpson has created the definitive translation of the life work of France's greatest poet of the 15th century...This is the first Villon translation to be faithful to the original structure and each poem is translated with its original pathos & wit. " Louis Simpson ... read more
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