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Courtly love : the path of sexual initiation / Jean Markale ; translated by Jon Graham.
Van Pelt Library PN682.C6 M2813 2000
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Markale, Jean.
- Standardized Title:
- Amour courtois, ou, Le couple infernal. English
- Language:
- English
- French
- Subjects (All):
- Courtly love in literature.
- Goddesses in literature.
- Adultery in literature.
- Women in literature.
- Goddess religion.
- Troubadours.
- Physical Description:
- 242 pages ; 23 cm
- Edition:
- First U.S. edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Rochester, Vt. : Inner Traditions, 2000.
- Summary:
- Jean Markale shows that the roots of the ritual of courtly love re-created here go all the way back to the great mother goddess. In addition, the platonic nature attributed to these relationships is based on a misunderstanding of courtly love; underneath the refined poetry of the troubadours' verses flourished a system of sexual initiation that rivaled Indian Tantra.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-236) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Constance L. Rosenthal Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 0892817712
- OCLC:
- 44650904
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