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Violent Passions : Managing Love in the Old French Verse Romance.
Title:
Violent Passions : Managing Love in the Old French Verse Romance.
Author:
Adams, Tracy.
ISBN:
9781403980885
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (324 pages)
Series:
Studies in Arthurian and Courtly Cultures
Contents:
Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1 The Problem of Love -- 2 The Mad Lovers of the Ovidian Lais -- 3 Marriage and Amor -- 4 The Roman d'Eneas and the Erotics of Empire Building -- 5 "Making Love" in Béroul and Thomas's Tristans -- 6 The Magister Amoris and his Willful Lovers: Cligés and the Chevalier de la Charrete -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.
Abstract:
This book re-evaluates the perception of "courtly love" in Old French verse. Adams traces how these verses explore the emotional trials of amour and propose coping methods for the lovelorn.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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