Villon, François | Further Reading
FURTHER READING
CRITICISM
Anacker, Robert. François Villon. New York: Twayne Publishers, 1968, 117 p.
Presents a short biography of Villon and a history of his era before offering interpretations of Villon's major works.
Fein, David A. “The Conclusion of Villon's Testament: An Image in the Shroud?” Fifteenth-Century Studies 5 (1982): 61-66.
Argues that Villon reconciles the vulgar and the religious at the conclusion of his poem, focusing on his use of Christian themes and images.
———. “Joined Hearts and Severed Tongues: An Illustration of Antithetical Juxtaposition in Villon's Testament.” Philological Quarterly 66, No. 3 (1987): 315-24.
Contrasts the “Ballade des langues envieuses” with the “Ballade pour Robert d'Estoutville,” arguing that the second ballad is a commentary on the first.
———. “The Povre Villon and Other Martyred...
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