"This volume provides offers an annotated listing of over two thousand recent books and articles that treat all categories of Occitan literature from the earliest enigmatic texts to the works of Jordi de Sant Jordi, an Occitano-Catalan poet who died young in 1424. The works chosen for inclusion are intended to provide a rational introduction to the many thousands of studies that have appeared over the last thirty-five years. The listings provide descriptive comments about each contribution, with occasional remarks on striking or controversial content and numerous cross-references to identify complementary studies or differing opinions" --