François Villon
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"Travelling in France you may often get a glimpse of something that England cannot show you — a [[chateau]] with slated roofs and towers pointed each like a witch's cap."--''[[Francois Villon: His Life And Times 1431-1463]]'' (1916) by Henry De Vere Stacpoole | "Travelling in France you may often get a glimpse of something that England cannot show you — a [[chateau]] with slated roofs and towers pointed each like a witch's cap."--''[[Francois Villon: His Life And Times 1431-1463]]'' (1916) by Henry De Vere Stacpoole | ||
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- | "[[François Villon]] was a poet, thief, vagabond and master at combining lyrical texts with veiled obscenities. His love of language is reflected in his extensive knowledge of the [[jobelin]], an argot secret language used by medieval crime societies. He finds himself repeatedly on the wrong end of the prison bars, where he also writes some of his most famous works, including his "[[Ballad of the Hanged]]". He is the precursor of the equally criminally inclined writer 20th-century Jean Genet and the first representative of [[prison literature]] as a genre."--''[[A History of Erotica]]'' (2011) by Jan-Willem Geerinck | + | "[[François Villon]] was a poet, thief, vagabond and master at combining lyrical texts with veiled obscenities. His love of language is reflected in his extensive knowledge of the [[jobelin]], an argot secret language used by medieval crime societies. He finds himself repeatedly on the wrong end of the prison bars, where he also writes some of his most famous works, including his "[[Ballad of the Hanged]]". He is the precursor of the equally criminally inclined writer 20th-century [[Jean Genet]] and the first representative of [[prison literature]] as a genre."--''[[A History of Erotica]]'' (2011) by Jan-Willem Geerinck |
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I'm Francis -- ill avails it me -- --"The Quatrain that Villon Made When he was Doomed to Die" by Villon, tr. Payne "Travelling in France you may often get a glimpse of something that England cannot show you — a chateau with slated roofs and towers pointed each like a witch's cap."--Francois Villon: His Life And Times 1431-1463 (1916) by Henry De Vere Stacpoole "François Villon was a poet, thief, vagabond and master at combining lyrical texts with veiled obscenities. His love of language is reflected in his extensive knowledge of the jobelin, an argot secret language used by medieval crime societies. He finds himself repeatedly on the wrong end of the prison bars, where he also writes some of his most famous works, including his "Ballad of the Hanged". He is the precursor of the equally criminally inclined writer 20th-century Jean Genet and the first representative of prison literature as a genre."--A History of Erotica (2011) by Jan-Willem Geerinck "Mais où sont les neiges d'antan?" "The strangest knave in all Paris," Tristan answered. "One François Villon, scholar, poet, drinker, sworder, drabber, blabber, good at pen, point, and pitcher. In the Court of Miracles they call him the King of the Cockleshells. Judge him for yourself."--If I Were King (1902) |
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François Villon (1431 - 1463) was a French poet, thief, and vagabond. He is perhaps best known for his question "Mais où sont les neiges d'antan?" translated by Dante Gabriel Rossetti as "Where are the snows of yesteryear?". It is one of the most famous lines of poetry in the world.
Works on Villon
- If I Were King (1902) by Justin Huntly McCarthy
- Francois Villon: His Life And Times 1431-1463 (1916) by Henry De Vere Stacpoole
See also
- John Payne of the poems of Villon
- Medieval poetry
- Jobelin
- Le Débat du cueur et du corps de Villon
- Complete works of Villon
- Ballade de la belle heaumière aux filles de joie
- Ballade des pendus
- Les Testaments