Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. 1. Toward a Literary History of the Kingdom of Sicily 1
4. 2. An Archeology of the Sicilian Park 17
5. 3. Frederick II and the Genesis of a Sicilian Romance Culture 47
6. 4. Rereading Le Origini: Sicilian Romance Poetry and the Language of Natural Philosphy 65
7. 5. Beyond Le Origini: Sicilian Romance Poetry in a Feminine Voice 84
8. 6. Vernacularity and Sicilian Culture 110
9. Texts in Translation
10. From the Arabic 131
11. From the Latin 154
12. From the Old French 168
13. From the Sicilian 172
14. Notes 187
15. Bibliography 199
16. Index 209
17. Acknowledgments 213