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Autore |
Adams Tracy <1959-> |
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Titolo |
Violent passions : managing love in the Old French verse romance / / Tracy Adams |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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New York, : Palgrave Macmillan, 2005 |
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ISBN |
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1-281-36890-3 |
9786611368906 |
1-4039-8088-8 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (324 p.) |
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Collana |
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Studies in Arthurian and courtly cultures |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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French poetry - To 1500 - History and criticism |
Courtly love in literature |
Love in literature |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [287]-306) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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 |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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. |
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