Erotic dawn-songs of the Middle Ages : voicing the lyric lady /

The alba, or dawn-song, takes its name from the hour at which it is sung. Appearing in southern France around the middle of the twelfth century, the genre presents the parting plaints of adulterous lovers. Such erotically charged songs blend the lyricism, dramatic power, and poignancy implicit in th...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Sigal, Gale
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Gainesville : University Press of Florida, ©1996.
Temas:
Poetry, Medieval > History and criticism.
Erotic poetry > History and criticism.
Albas > History and criticism.
Poésie érotique > Histoire et critique.
Aubes (Littérature) > Histoire et critique.
TRAVEL > Special Interest > Literary.
LITERARY CRITICISM > General.
Albas.
Erotic poetry.
Poetry, Medieval.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Theoretical and generic parameters
  • The lyric lady and the alba
  • pt. I. The alba lady: literary and social perspectives. The alba lady: literary perspectives. The humanized ideal. The alba lady: sex roles and social roles. Adulterous love and the alba. Eros in the socius. Power, gender, and class: the love triangle. Fin'amors: conflicting loyalties; divided selves
  • pt. II. Eros and identity. Eros and dawning identity. Nocturnal wonders: (k)night calls. Love's timeless utopia: regressive fantasies. Fusion, androgyny, inseparability. First light: mask and masquerade. Janus-faced dawn and the dualisms of love: pivot and potentiality. Cruel dawn. The dawn descends: the refrain. Conclusion: the fractured self: songs of mo(u)rning.

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