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The Olde daunce : love, friendship, sex, and marriage in the medieval world / Robert R. Edwards and Stephen Spector, editors. [electronic resource]
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- SUNY series in medieval studies
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Marriage--History.
- Marriage.
- Marriage in literature.
- Love--History.
- Love.
- Love in literature.
- Friendship--History.
- Friendship.
- Friendship in literature.
- Sex--History.
- Sex.
- Sex in literature.
- Literature, Medieval.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (viii, 311 p. )
- Place of Publication:
- Albany : State University of New York Press, c1991.
- Contents:
- "Adam's Only Companion" : Augustine and the early Christian debate on marriage / Elizabeth A. Clark
- Maritalis affectio revisited / Michael M. Sheehan
- Loving the unequal equal : Medieval theologians and marital affection / Erik Kooper
- The medieval poet as voyeur / A. C. Spearing
- Love and power in the twelfth century, with special reference to Chretien de Troyes and Marie de France / R. W. Hanning
- Chastity and love in the Decameron / Giovanni Sinicropi
- From Fin amour to friendship : Dante's transformation / Jerome Mazzaro
- Faithful translations : love and the question of poetry in Chaucer / Robert R. Edwards
- Man, men, and women in Chaucer's poetry / John M. Fyler
- From Dorigen to the Vavasour : reading backwards / Alan T. Gaylord
- Reason, Machaut, and the Franklin / James I. Wimsatt
- Empathy and enmity in the Prioress's tale / Stephen Spector
- "Loves hete" in the Prioress's prologue and tale / Marie Borroff.
- Notes:
- Outgrowth of a conference held at the National Humanities Center in Apr. 1986.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-302) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-4384-0188-4
- 0-585-07556-5
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