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.
| ISBN: | 9781349732364 |
| Publication date: | 31st December 2013 |
| Author: | R Edwards |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan an imprint of Palgrave Macmillan US |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 219 pages |
| Series: | The New Middle Ages |
| Genres: |
Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval Fiction Historiography General and world history Sociology |
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.
The Flight from Desire features in the following genres: Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, Fiction, Historiography, General and world history, Sociology
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The Flight from Desire was written by R Edwards and published by Palgrave Macmillan an imprint of Palgrave Macmillan US
The Flight from Desire has 219 pages
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