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A Fool Who Was a Poet
McKeon, Richard | April 4, 1934 issue

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The article discusses the book "The Fool of Venus: The Story of Peire Vidal," by George W. Cronyn. The fame of Peire Vidal, the troubadour poet, has come by way of his poetry, an anonymous biography, and some references to him in the works of his contemporaries. In the collection of his poems, which number some 50, perhaps more, and which are in a great variety of moods—amorous, martial, political, humorous—there are several in which high poetic value is joined to a constant expert craftsmanship. The biography recounts half a dozen incidents of extravagant folly and mischance.

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FOOL of Venus: The Story of Peire Vidal, The (Book); CRONYN, George W.; VIDAL, Peire; TROUBADOURS; POETS; POETRY; BIOGRAPHY
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