Villon, whose total body of work comes to just over 2,000 lines, has been hailed as one of the greatest French poets since the Romantic era. He is certainly one of the most profound and ambiguous, blending, in masterful poetic strokes, gravity and irony, seriousness and vulgarity in his exploration of love, death, and human misfortune. This volume contains Le Lais de François Villon, Le Testament, Poésies diverses, and Le Jargon et Jobelin.
