Spring in Languedoc

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Title

Spring in Languedoc

Subject

The coming of spring to Provence in southern France

Description

Spring comes less dramatically to Provence. Essay focuses on the appearance of the narcissus: with its scent comes “the Everlasting Past, a rustle of the Wind of Death." The essay references troubadours and love songs; quotes an Old French ballad.

Creator

Essay by Dorothy Herbertson
Headpiece by Alice Gray
Tailpiece by Unknown

Publisher

Patrick Geddes and Colleagues

Date

Spring 1895

Contributor

Image engraving by Hare Sc

Rights

Public Domain
Source: 1) Ryerson University Library Archives and Special Collections; 2) Private Collection (Dennis Denisoff)

Relation

Yellow Nineties 2.0, edited by Lorraine Janzen Kooistra, Ryerson University Centre for Digital Humanities
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Language

English

Type

Image, Text
Essay

Identifier

EGV1_herbertson_spring
EGV1o_decorp_p79
EGV1o_gray_head_p79
EGV1o_decorp_p81
EGV1o_tail_p81

Date Modified

5 Nov. 2015, KF; 30 October 2017, ljk

License

Creative Commons