Epistolae Duorum Amantium : Parodien - Auf ein Berühmtes Liebespaar? / Rüdiger Schnell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schnell, Rüdiger, author.

Series:

Mittellateinische Studien und Texte Series ; Volume 55.

Mittellateinische Studien und Texte Series ; Volume 55

Language:

German

Subjects (All):

Love-letters--History.

Love-letters.

Parody in literature.

Philosophers--Correspondence.

Philosophers.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (640 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Leiden, Netherlands : 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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Contains:

Epistolae duorum amantium. German

Epistolae duorum amantium. Latin

Other Format:

Print version: Schnell, Rüdiger Epistolae Duorum Amantium: Parodien - Auf ein Berühmtes Liebespaar?

ISBN:

9789004498167

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004498167 DOI