Mireio: A Provencal Poem

xvii, 249, 11, [5] pp. Mireio is a poem in Occitan by French writer Frederic Mistral. It was written in 1859, after eight years of effort. Mireio, a long poem in Provencal consisting of twelve songs, tells of the thwarted love of Vincent and Mireille, two young Provencal people of different social backgrounds. The name Mireille (Mireio in Provence) is a doublet of the word meraviho which means wonder.