Epistolae duorum amantium : Parodien - auf ein berühmtes Liebespaar? / von Rüdiger Schnell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schnell, Rüdiger, author.

Series:

Mittellateinische Studien und Texte ; 55.

Mittellateinische Studien und Texte, 0076-9754 ; 55

Language:

English

German

Latin

Subjects (All):

Abelard, Peter, 1079-1142--Correspondence.

Abelard, Peter.

Abelard, Peter, 1079-1142.

Héloïse, approximately 1095-1163 or 1164.

Philosophers--Correspondence.

Philosophers.

Latin letters, Medieval and modern.

France.

Latin letters, Medieval and modern--France--History and criticism.

Love-letters--History.

Love-letters.

History.

Parody in literature.

Abelard, Peter, 1079-1142--Translations into German.

Héloïse, approximately 1095-1163 or 1164--Correspondence.

Héloïse.

Genre:

Correspondence.

Personal correspondence.

Literary criticism.

Physical Description:

pages cm.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2022]

Summary:

"For 20 years medievalists have been debating whether these love letters have been written by Abelard and Heloise. The present study comes to a surprising result. The famous lovers are ridiculed in and by these letters. On the one hand the male writer appears to be a show-off, a macho, while on the other hand he emerges as a 'crybaby' who humiliates himself to secure the object of his desire. The female writer is stylized as the epitome of ideal love, but above all, she hopes for sexual pleasure. However, her desire is cleverly concealed by the borrowing from religious vocabulary in the letters"-- Provided by publisher.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Schnell, Rüdiger. Epistolae duorum amantium

ISBN:

9789004471900

9004471901

9789004434493

9004434496

9789004434509

900443450X

OCLC:

1286070330