| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 311 pages) |
| Series |
SUNY series in medieval studies |
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SUNY series in medieval studies.
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| Contents |
"Adam's Only Companion" : Augustine and the early Christian debate on marriage / Elizabeth A. Clark -- Maritalis affectio revisited / Michael M. Sheehan -- Loving the unequal equal : Medieval theologians and marital affection / Erik Kooper -- The medieval poet as voyeur / A.C. Spearing -- Love and power in the twelfth century, with special reference to Chretien de Troyes and Marie de France / R.W. Hanning -- Chastity and love in the Decameron / Giovanni Sinicropi -- From Fin amour to friendship : Dante's transformation / Jerome Mazzaro -- Faithful translations : love and the question of poetry in Chaucer / Robert R. Edwards -- Man, men, and women in Chaucer's poetry / John M. Fyler -- From Dorigen to the Vavasour : reading backwards / Alan T. Gaylord -- Reason, Machaut, and the Franklin / James I. Wimsatt -- Empathy and enmity in the Prioress's tale / Stephen Spector -- "Loves hete" in the Prioress's prologue and tale / Marie Borroff |
| Notes |
Outgrowth of a conference held at the National Humanities Center in Apr. 1986 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-302) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Friendship in literature.
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Friendship -- History.
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Literature, Medieval.
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Love in literature.
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Love -- History.
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Marriage in literature.
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Marriage -- History.
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Sex in literature.
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Sex -- History.
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| Genre/Form |
History.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Edwards, Robert, 1947-
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Spector, Stephen, 1946-
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| ISBN |
0585075565 (electronic bk.) |
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9780585075563 (electronic bk.) |
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(alk. paper) |
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(paperback; alk. paper) |
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(alk. paper) |
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(paperback; alk. paper) |
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