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Mots D'Heures: Gousses, Rames: The D'Antin Manuscript ( Mother Goose Rhymes ), published in 1967 by Luis d'Antin van Rooten, is purportedly a collection of poems written in archaic French with learned glosses.
- Van Rooten, Luis d'Antin
- 1967
Nonsense poems in French, when pronounced, sound like English nursery rhymes, such as Humpty Dumpty and Jack Sprat. Genres Poetry France Humor Nonfiction Linguistics. 45 pages, Paperback. First published January 1, 1967. Book details & editions.
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- Paperback
- Luis D'antin Van Rooten
Feb 9, 2005 · I think I was about 15 when a family friend turned me on to Luis d’Antin Van Rooten’s extremely clever and hilarious 1967 book Mots d’Heures: Gousses, Rames—The d’Antin Manuscript. The conceit of the book is that it’s an annotated version of an obscure collection of medieval French verse.
Dec 10, 2013 · Mots d'heures, gousses, rames. by. Luis d'Antin Van Rooten. Publication date. 1980. Topics. Mother Goose -- Parodies, imitations, etc., Macaronic literature., Nonsense verses., Nursery rhymes -- Humor., Parodies. Publisher.
Nov 23, 2010 · French verses constructed to reproduce phonetically a selection of Mother Goose rhymes in English.
Mots d'heures: gousses, rames. the d'Antin manuscript. by Luis d'Antin Van Rooten. ★★★★★ 5.00 ·. 1 Rating. 23 Want to read. 0 Currently reading. 0 Have read. A wonderful collection of antiquated French poems, with detailed notes and references in English... or so it would seem.
Jan 27, 2018 · If you’re an introverted student of French and you want to experience the joy of deciphering Mots D’Heures: Gousses, Rames all by yourself, there are used copies of various editions of the book available through Amazon and Abebooks.
