Medieval Love Letters : A Critical Anthology / Myra Stokes and Ad Putter.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stokes, Myra, author.

Putter, Ad, author.

Language:

English

French

German

Latin

Subjects (All):

Literature, Medieval--History and criticism.

Literature, Medieval.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 491 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, England : Cambridge University Press, [2025]

Summary:

"In the Middle Ages, educated people communicated their love in verse letters that revealed at once their personal commitments and their commitments to an established form of literary art. Medieval Love Letters reveals the fascinating duality of the medieval love letter as literary art and as life-writing by exploring a wide variety of remarkable texts in English, French, German and Latin. These rich texts are made accessible both linguistically, in new editions and translations, and conceptually, by discussing them in a way intelligible to non-specialists. Edited and translated texts include model letters from instructional manuals and fictional verse and actual letters from clerics and lay people, men and women. A substantial introduction explores the interchange and overlap between fact and literary art with reference to wide range of examples."--Provided by publisher

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 29 Nov 2024).

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781009398121

1009398121

9781009398091

1009398091