The flight from desire [electronic resource] : Augustine and Ovid to Chaucer / Robert R. Edwards.
This book reformulates the master narrative of erotic discourse in medieval literature. Individual chapters offer fresh readings of the nature and claims of erotic attachments in Abelard and Heloise, Marie de France, Jean de Meun, Dante, Boccaccio, and Chaucer - writers profoundly influenced by Augu...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Palgrave Macmillan,
2006.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Series: | New Middle Ages (Palgrave Macmillan (Firm))
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| Summary: | This book reformulates the master narrative of erotic discourse in medieval literature. Individual chapters offer fresh readings of the nature and claims of erotic attachments in Abelard and Heloise, Marie de France, Jean de Meun, Dante, Boccaccio, and Chaucer - writers profoundly influenced by Augustine and Ovid. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xi, 219 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-211) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781137057013 1137057017 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |