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Violent Passions : Managing Love in the Old French Verse Romance / by T. Adams.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Adams, Tracy, 1959-
- Series:
- Arthurian and Courtly Cultures, 2945-6924
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- European literature.
- Literature, Medieval.
- Poetry.
- European Literature.
- Medieval Literature.
- Poetry and Poetics.
- Local Subjects:
- European Literature.
- Medieval Literature.
- Poetry and Poetics.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (324 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed. 2005.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2005.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This book re-evaluates the perception of "courtly love" in Old French verse. Adams traces how these verses explore the emotional trials of amour and propose coping methods for the lovelorn.
- Contents:
- Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; 1 The Problem of Love; 2 The Mad Lovers of the Ovidian Lais; 3 Marriage and Amor; 4 The Roman d'Eneas and the Erotics of Empire Building; 5 "Making Love" in Béroul and Thomas's Tristans; 6 The Magister Amoris and his Willful Lovers: Cligés and the Chevalier de la Charrete; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [287]-306) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786611368906
- 9781281368904
- 1281368903
- 9781403980885
- 1403980888
- OCLC:
- 314821590
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