Beschreibung:
This book re-evaluates the perception of "e;courtly love"e; in Old French verse. Adams traces how these verses explore the emotional trials of amour and propose coping methods for the lovelorn.
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.
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