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Author Beer, Jeanette M. A., author.

Title Beasts of love : Richard de Fournival's Bestiaire d'amour and A woman's response / Jeanette Beer.

Publication Info. Toronto, Ontario : University of Toronto Press, [2003]
©2003

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Description 1 online resource (x, 214 pages)
Physical Medium polychrome
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Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-199) and indexes.
Summary "The first gendered prose debate in a European vernacular, Le Bestiaire d'amour and the subsequent Response constitute a clash of opposites: a medieval chancellor's erotic bestiary to a woman is countered by the woman's passionate protest against the cleric's misogynistic presuppositions. Jeanette Beer presents a close, linear reading of the two literary texts, examining the context that led to the love-bestiary's production in the thirteenth century (especially an influential version of the Physiologus by Pierre de Beauvais), the suggestiveness of the animal symbolism, and the aftermath of the debate."
"In her exploration of Le Bestiaire d'amour and the Response, Beer analyses the disparity of their sexual, philosophical, and theological orientations, and considers, animal by animal, this gendered duelling of the two bestiaries, the symbolism of the one calqued upon the symbolism of the other. Largely neglected for seven hundred years, Le Bestiaire d'amour and Response address issues that are universally relevant: male and female expectations in love, sexual dominance, sexual exploitation, and female strategies for self-preservation in a society where women were powerless and vulnerable."--Jacket.
Contents ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""Chapter one: Love and Reason""; ""Chapter two: Love and the Senses""; ""Chapter three: Remedies for Love""; ""Chapter four: Love for Women""; ""Chapter five: The Woman's Response""; ""Chapter six: Later Developments""; ""Appendix 1: 'De quoi li home est fais, et de sa nature'""; ""Appendix 2: Prologue to the Response""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""General Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Y""; ""Z""
""Index of Animals""""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""M""; ""O""; ""P""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Illustrations""
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Subject Richard, de Fournival, active 1246-1260. Bestiaire d'amour.
Richard, de Fournival, active 1246-1260.
Richard, de Fournival, époque 1246-1260.
Richard (de Fournival)
Richard, de Fournival, époque 1246-1260. Bestiaire d'amour.
Bestiaire d'amour (Richard, de Fournival)
Richard (de Fournival). Li bestiaires d'amours.
Courtly love in literature.
Courtly love in literature.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Beer, Jeanette M.A. Beasts of love. Toronto : University of Toronto Press, ©2003 9780802036124 (DLC) 2003464494 (OCoLC)50271558
ISBN 9781442671195 (electronic book)
144267119X (electronic book)
0802036120
9780802036124