Old French Courtois Poems of the 12th-13th centuries

Anthology includes four love poems written in the heyday of the Old French courteous poetry, this peculiar period in the history of Western European literature.

The poem “Tristan-Yurodiy” is opening the collection is built around one of the most dramatic episodes of the legend of Tristan and Isolde. In the “Tale of Narcissus”, the famous antique myth is transferred to medieval scenery. “Reflection” is a poem with an original plot, woven from humorous stained carrier dialogs between a in love knight and a flirty lady. “Bestiary of love in verses”, completing anthology, is a playful treatise on the properties of love. Anthology is designed to demonstrate that courteous poetry is not a museum exhibit, but a living and exciting literature that can surprise and excite a modern reader