Violent Passions
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Violent Passions

Managing Love in the Old French Verse Romance

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Violent Passions

Managing Love in the Old French Verse Romance

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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.

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Year
2005
ISBN
9781403980885

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Contents
  3. Acknowledgments
  4. List of Abbreviations
  5. Introduction
  6. 1 The Problem of Love
  7. 2 The Mad Lovers of the Ovidian Lais
  8. 3 Marriage and Amor
  9. 4 The Roman d’Eneas and the Erotics of Empire Building
  10. 5 “Making Love” in BĂ©roul and Thomas’s Tristans
  11. 6 The Magister Amoris and his Willful Lovers: Cligés and the Chevalier de la Charrete
  12. Conclusion
  13. Notes
  14. Bibliography
  15. Index