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The problem of defining a genre is the central issue addressed in this thesis. I aim to establlsh through empirical investigation whether the medieval Latin planctus, a lament normally composed at death of important personages, constitutes a genre, and to isolate the terms of its definition. In order to be designated a genre, it must be found to possess an underlying unity, otherwise the term will be purely taxonomic. Hitherto, references to the planctus have occurrcd predominantly in discussions of funeral verse, the origins of the Passion play, and the interrelation of European verse and musical forms. However, its general features have never been studied systematically. Initlally I discuss the problem of gathering together a corpus of planctus when a generally accepted definition is lacking. For theoretical and pragmatlc reasons I restrict myself to planctus composed at the death of historlcal, biblical and classical personages, or at the destruotion of cities, written in verse or as song. My analyses consider its status as a genre with respect to its social environment, poetic form, musical style, subject matter, language and the relationship between words and muslc. They indl
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- Author
- Janthia Yearley
- Publisher
- University of York
- Published
- 1983
- Language
- EN
- Category
- nonfiction