The Art of Love
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Two major French medieval literary works that claim to teach their readers the art of love are virtually torn apart by the contradictions and conflicts they contain. In Andreas Capellanus's late twelfth-century Latin De amore, the author instructs his friend Walter in the amatory art in the first two books, but then harshly repudiates his own teachings and love itself in a third and final book. In Jean de Meun's encyclopedic continuation...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0812231880
ISBN13:9780812231885
Release Date:November 1992
Publisher:University of Pennsylvania Press Anniversary
Length:200 Pages
Weight:0.30 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 6.2" x 9.2"
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