Violent Passions
Managing Love in the Old French Verse Romance
Published on 3. September 2005
Book
Paperback/Softback
XII, 323 pages
978-1-349-52719-9 (ISBN)
Description
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.
Reviews / Votes
"[Adam's] attempt to locate these romantic explorations of amor within the 12th-century's fascination with problematic love is laudable and instructive." - Encomia
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Series
Edition
1st ed. 2005
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
XII, 323 p.
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
410 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-349-52719-9 (9781349527199)
DOI
10.1057/9781403980885
Schweitzer Classification
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Book
09/2005
Palgrave MacMillan
€53.49
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Person
Bonnie Wheeler teaches at Southern Methodist University, USA where she directs the Medieval Studies Program. She has edited and co-edited fourteen books, among them Listening to Heloise and Heloise and the Paraclete (forthcoming). She was founding editor of the journal Arthuriana and is series editor for two Palgrave Macmillan book series, The New Middle Ages and Arthurian and Courtly Cultures.
Content
Introduction * The Problem of Love * The Mad Lovers of the Ovidian Lais * Marriage and Amor * The Roman d'Eneas and the Erotics of Empire Building * "Making Love" in Béroul and Thomas's Tristan * The Magister Amoris and his Willful Lovers: Cligés and the Chevalier de la Charrete * Conclusion * Bibliography