Violent passions [[electronic resource] ] : managing love in the Old French verse romance / / Tracy Adams

• Autore: Adams Tracy <1959->
• Pubblicazione: New York, : Palgrave Macmillan, 2005
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (324 p.)
• Disciplina: 841/.033309354
• Soggetto topico: French poetry - To 1500 - History and criticism; Courtly love in literature; Love in literature
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [287]-306) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Violent passions
• ISBN: 1-281-36890-3; 9786611368906; 1-4039-8088-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910827250703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Studies in Arthurian and courtly cultures.