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1 online resource (xv, 194 pages). |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Toronto Italian studies
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Toronto Italian studies.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-186) and index. |
| Summary |
A resolution to the vexed problem whether a troubadour's love is erotic or spiritual is offered by Paolo Cherchi through a new reading of Andreas Capellanus' De Amore (written around 1186-1196). He suggests that Andreas, using a rhetorical strategy that creates ambiguity, condemns courtly love because its claim that passion generates virtue is untenable and deceitful. Although Andreas grasped the core of the courtly love 'system, ' namely, the relation between passion and ethics, he failed to consider the notion of mezura, that courtly virtue through which troubadours transformed nature into culture, and erotic passion into social discourse. Cherchi offers an innovative interpretation and a close reading of selected poems. He traces the history of Provençal lyric poetry, highlighting some of the significant personalities and movements. |
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""CONTENTS""; ""PREFACE""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""The Ambiguity of Courtly Love in Andreas Capellanus's Model""; ""Mezura""; ""The Adynata""; ""Conclusion""; ""NOTES""; ""BIBLIOGRAPHY""; ""INDEX OF NAMES""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Z"" |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Andreas, Capellanus. De amore et amoris remedio.
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André, le chapelain. |
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André, le chapelain. |
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André le Chapelain, 11.-12. |
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Andreas (Capellanus) |
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André, le chapelain. De amore et amoris remedio. |
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André le Chapelain, 11..-12 ... De Amore. |
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Andreas (Capellanus). De amore et de amoris remedio. |
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Provençal poetry -- History and criticism -- Theory, etc.
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Provençal poetry. |
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Civilization, Medieval, in literature.
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Civilization, Medieval, in literature. |
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Courtly love in literature.
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Courtly love in literature. |
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Troubadours.
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Troubadours. |
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Cherchi, Paolo. Andreas and the ambiguity of courtly love. Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, ©1994 9786612003028 (DLC) 95167590 (OCoLC)29792024 |
| ISBN |
9781442670839 (electronic book) |
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1442670835 (electronic book) |
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128200302X |
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9781282003026 |
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0802005772 |
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9780802005779 |
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