The Myths of Love : Classical Lovers in Medieval Literature
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Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
0271028262
ISBN-13
9780271028262
Publisher
Pennsylvania State University Press
Imprint
Pennsylvania State University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Aug 15th, 1990
Print length
278 Pages
Weight
426 grams
Dimensions
22.90 x 15.20 x 1.90 cms
Product Classification:
Literary studies: classical, early & medieval
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This study seeks to define the medieval literary conventions governing allusions to certain Ovidian and Virgilian tales of love in the works of Boccaccio, Machaut, Froissart, and Chaucer. Using evidence from the Latin mythographers, it addresses several much-debated critical issues in medieval scholarship: questions of narrative voice, thematic unity, and purpose. Its principal contribution is to the discussion and evaluation of the French and Italian poems of love to which Chaucer was most heavily indebted. The author suggests that the love poems of Boccaccio, Machaut, and Froissart, rather than being ponderous didactic productions designed to instruct medieval audiences in the art of love, are true progeny of the Roman de la Rose,complex jeux d'esprit much closer in spirit and intention to the works of Chaucer than has been supposed.
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