The art of love : amatory fiction from Ovid to the Romance of the Rose /

Two major French medieval literary works that claim to teach their readers the art of love are virtually torn apart by the contradictions and conflicts they contain. In Andreas Capellanus's late twelfth-century Latin De amore, the author instructs his friend Walter in the amatory art in the fir...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Allen, Peter L., 1957-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, ©1992.
Series:Middle Ages series.
Subjects:
Ovid, > 43 B.C.-17 A.D. or 18 A.D. > Criticism and interpretation.
Jean, > de Meun, > approximately 1240-approximately 1305? > Criticism and interpretation.
Guillaume, > de Lorris, > active 1230 > Criticism and interpretation.
Andreas, > Capellanus > Criticism and interpretation.
Andreas, > Capellanus.
Guillaume, > de Lorris, > active 1230.
Jean, > de Meun, > approximately 1240-approximately 1305.
Ovid, > 43 B.C.-17 A.D. or 18 A.D.
Courtly love in literature.
Love poetry, Latin (Medieval and modern) > History and criticism.
Amour courtois dans la littérature.
Poésie d'amour latine médiévale et moderne > Histoire et critique.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Literary.
LITERARY CRITICISM > General.
Love poetry, Latin (Medieval and modern)
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The illusion of love, the love of illusion: the Ars amatoria and Remedia amoris
  • From Rome to France: under the sign of Ovid
  • The diligent reader and the twofold text: Andreas Capellanus and the rhetoric of love
  • Through the looking glass: Jean de Meun's Mirror for lovers
  • Appendix. Medieval reception and transmission of Ovid's amatory works: an overview.

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