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Love cures : healing and love magic in old French romance / Laine E. Doggett.
LIBRA PQ221 .D64 2009
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Doggett, Laine E.
- Series:
- Penn State Romance studies
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Romances--History and criticism.
- Romances.
- French literature--To 1500--History and criticism.
- French literature.
- Women healers in literature.
- Magic in literature.
- Love in literature.
- Healing in literature.
- Physical Description:
- x, 291 pages ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, [2009]
- Summary:
- "Examines literary portrayals of women who practice healing and love magic, and argues that these figures were modeled on informally trained practitioners common in the magico-medical paradigm of the high Middle Ages, and were well-respected and successful"--Provided by publisher.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780271035307
- 0271035307
- 9780271035314
- 0271035315
- OCLC:
- 304384833
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