An edition of Violent Passions (2005)
Violent Passions
Managing Love In The Old French Verse Romance (Studies in Arthurian and Courtly Cultures)
By Tracy Adams
Publish Date
August 11, 2005
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Language
eng
Pages
311
Description:
This book re-evaluates the perception of "courtly love" in Old French verse. Adams traces how these verses explore the emotional trials of amour and propose coping methods for the lovelorn.
subjects: Courtly love in literature, History and criticism, Love in literature, French poetry, French poetry, history and criticism, to 1500, Amour courtois dans la littérature, Amour dans la littérature, Poésie française, Avant 1500, Histoire et critique, Altfranzösisch, Höfische Minne, Versdichtung, POETRY, Continental European, Literary studies: general, Literature