Marriage Fictions in Old French Secular Narratives, 1170-1250

A Critical Re-evaluation of the Courtly Love Debate
1. Auflage 2001
ISBN: 978-0-415-93722-1
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 282 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 612 g

Reihe: Studies in Medieval History and Culture

Nickolaus provides the readers with a concise critical discussion of the "courtly love" debate, broad historical and comparative analysis, and a model that explains, at the level of plot, rhetoric, and ideology, the proper place of amorous motifs in the context of prevailing Christian doctrines and attitudes.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Nickolaus, Keith

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Klassische Literaturwissenschaft

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1 Marriage Fictions and the Meaning of “Courtly Love”; Chapter 2 Love, Marriage, and Mythology; Chapter 3 Twelfth-Century Marriage Reforms and the Representation of Marriage; Chapter 4 Courtly Narratives, Christian Sacrament; conclusion Western Tradition and the Old French Roman;

Über Autor(innen)

Keith Nickolaus