A Troubadour Reader

＂The Reader provides thirty medieval lyric poems in Occitan for L2 learners. Each has glosses in the margin, notes after each stanza, and a brief introduction. A section introduces basic Occitan grammar. A section on manuscripts provides links to sources. An index helps students find themes, forms, and more＂--

William D. Paden is professor emeritus of French at Northwestern University, fellow of the Medieval Academy of America, and chevalier in the Ordre des Palmes Académiques. He is the author of An Introduction to Old Occitan (1998) and Love and Marriage in the Time of the Troubadours (forthcoming).