Medieval love letters : a critical anthology / Myra Stokes, University of Bristol, Ad Putter, University of Bristol.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stokes, Myra, author.

Putter, Ad, author.

Language:

English

Multiple languages

Subjects (All):

Love-letters--Europe--History--To 1500.

Love-letters.

Literature, Medieval--History and criticism.

Literature, Medieval.

Literature, Medieval--Criticism, Textual.

Physical Description:

viii, 491 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2025.

Language Note:

Includes letters in multiple languages with English translations on facing pages.

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:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 469-480) and index.

ISBN:

9781009398107

1009398105

OCLC:

1425798719