# Lark in the Morning: The Verses of the Troubadours

Robert Kehew discussed his recently published anthology of poetry of the French troubadours, "Lark in the Morning: The Verses of the Troubadours, a Bilingual Edition." The anthology honors the meter, word play, punning and sound effects in the troubadours' works, while celebrating the often playful, bawdy and biting nature of the material. In the book, Kehew augments his own verse translations with those of two 20th century poets--Ezra Pound (1885-1972) and W.D. Snodgrass (b. 1926)--to provide a collection that captures both the poetic pyrotechnics of the original verse and the variety of troubadour voices. The event was sponsored by the Library's John W. Kluge Center and the Alliance Francaise of Washington, D.C., www.francedc.org.

- Kind: Talk
- Year: 2005
- By: Library Of Congress
- Genres: History, Music
- Archive: [Library of Congress](https://www.loc.gov/item/2021687715/)
- Licence or status: Rights statement at the Library of Congress (as the archive states it)
- Credit: Library of Congress
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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