Francois Villon a Documented Survey Author:D. B. Wyndham Lewis 1928. A readable yet highly literate study of the life and times of French poet Villon. While little is known of Villon's birth or death, there is a great deal to be found on his recalcitrant life. He was a French Poet, a thief, and a general vagabond. In his poems the ancient forms of French verse are animated with the keenest sense of personal... more » emotion, of love, of melancholy, of mocking despair, and of repentance for a life passed in taverns and prisons. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.« less