François Villon (Critical Survey of Poetry)

Other Literary Forms

François Villon indicates in The Great Testament that he also wrote a romance titled “Le Rommant du pet au diable” (romance of the devil’s fart). This work, apparently about an elaborate student prank, is not extant, and Villon’s mention of it is the only evidence that it ever did exist.

Achievements

Of all the poets of the Middle Ages, perhaps only Dante and Geoffrey Chaucer are...

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