Love after death : concepts of posthumous love in medieval and early modern Europe /

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This book explores one of the central questions that has haunted husbands and wives and lovers over the millennia of history: What kind of afterlife might they expect for their love once one or both of them have died? Focusing on the evolution of ideas about posthumous love within medieval and early...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Jussen, Bernhard (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, [2015]
Colección:WeltLiteraturen ; Bd. 4.
Temas:
Love > Religious aspects > Miscellanea.
Future life.
Amour > Aspect religieux > Miscellanées.
Vie future.
FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY > Miscellaneous.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Linguistics > Semantics.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Reference.
Future life
Love > Religious aspects
Love.
afterlife.
early modern Europe.
medieval Europe.
Trivia and miscellanea
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Content; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Love After Death. A Sketch; Some Ancient Posthumous Lovers; Posthumous Love as Culture. Outline of a Medieval Moral Pattern; Posthumous Love in Judaism; "That You Be Brought Near." Union beyond the Grave in the Arabic Literary Tradition; Eros and Eschatology. Phantasms of Postmortal Love in Petrarch; Love after Death in Garcilaso de la Vega; Burying Romeo and Juliet: Love after Death in the English Renaissance; Notes on Contributors; Table of figures; Index of names.

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