The lost love letters of Heloise and Abelard: perceptions of dialogue in twelfth-century France

The lost love letters of Heloise and Abelard: perceptions of dialogue in twelfth-century France

Mews, Constant J.

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This new edition offers fascinating insights into one of the most celebrated love affairs of the Middle Ages. A new chapter charts the debate about the letters and offers fresh evidence to attribute them to Abelard and Heloise. The complete Latin text is reproduced with an annotated translation by Chiavaroli and Mews. ÍNDICE: - The Discovery of a Manuscript - Memories of an Affair - Paris, the Schools and the Politics of Sex - Traditions of Dialogue - The Language of the Love Letters - The Voice of Heloise - From the Letters of Two Lovers (textand translation) -

  • ISBN: 978-0-230-60813-9
  • Editorial: Palgrave Macmillan
  • Encuadernacion: Rústica
  • Páginas: 432
  • Fecha Publicación: 14/11/2008
  • Nº Volúmenes: 1
  • Idioma: Inglés