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Davis, Judith Mary was born on August 7, 1936 in St. Paul. Daughter of Robert Patrick and Mary Helene (Keefe) Felker.
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This book is a reference volume and a digest of more than a century of scholarly work on troubadour poetry. Written by leading scholars, it summarizes the current consensus on the various facets of troubadour studies. Standing at the beginning of the history of modern European verse, the troubadours were the prime poets and composers of the twelfth and thirteenth centuries in the South of France. No study of medieval literature is complete without an examination of the courtly love which is celebrated in the elaborately rhymed stanzas of troubadour verse, creations whose words and melodies were imitated by poets and musicians all over medieval Europe. The words of about 2,500 troubadour songs have survived, along with 250 melodies, and all have come under intense scholarly scrutiny. This Handbook brings together the fruits of this scrutiny, giving teachers and students an overview of the fundamental issues in troubadour scholarship. All quotations are given in the original Old Occitan and in English. The editors provide a list of troubadour editions and an index, and each chapter includes a list of additional readings.
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interpreter language and humanities educator
Davis, Judith Mary was born on August 7, 1936 in St. Paul. Daughter of Robert Patrick and Mary Helene (Keefe) Felker.
Bachelor of Science, St. Saint Louis University, 1958; Master of Arts, University of Minnesota, 1968; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Minnesota, 1972.
Teaching associate, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 1968-1970;
assistant professor French,, University of Wisconsin, Green Bay, 1970-1973;
instructor, University of Wisconsin, Manitowoc, 1970-1973;
adjunct assistant professor, program officer, School Public & Environmental Affairs-Indiana U., Bloomington, 1974-1977;
director committee,, Goshen (Indiana) College, 1977-1980;
professor French and humanities, Goshen (Indiana) College, since 1980;
department chairman foreign languages, Goshen (Indiana) College, since 1980. Consultant Indiana Affirmative Action Office, Idpls., 1976-1977, City of Indianapolis, 1976-1977. Translator regional corporations, Indiana, since 1982.
Presenter in field.
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Board of directors, consultant Center Cmty. Justice, Elkhart, Indiana, 1982-1984. Member Modern Language Association, American Association Teachers French, International Courtly Literature Society (secretary, treasurer 1983-1986), Medieval Academy, Society Guilhem IX, Society Rencesvals.
Married John W. Davis, August 14, 1971. Children: John Patrick, Gerard Peter.