Courtly Love Undressed : Reading Through Clothes in Medieval French Culture /

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In the later Middle Ages clothing was used to mark religious, military, and chivalric orders; in the courtly milieu, more specifically, the ostentatious display of luxury dress was used as a means of self-definition for the ruling elite. In Courtly Love Undressed, E. Jane Burns explores the represen...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Burns, E. Jane, 1948-
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, 2002.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
French literature.
Courtly love in literature.
Clothing and dress in literature.
French literature > To 1500 > History and criticism.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > French.
Amour courtois dans la litterature.
Litterature française > Jusqu'à 1500 > Histoire et critique.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Fortune's gown: material extravagance and the opulence of love
  • Amorous attire: dressing up for love
  • Love's stitches undone: women's work in the chanson de toile
  • Robes, armor, and skin
  • From woman's nature to nature's dress
  • Saracen silk: dolls, idols, and courtly ladies
  • Golden spurs: love in the eastern world of Floire et blancheflor.

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