Making love in the twelfth century : Letters of two lovers in context

Making love in the twelfth century : Letters of two lovers in context /

Can the Letters of Two Lovers be the previously lost love letters of Abelard and Heloise? Making Love in the Twelfth Century presents a new literary translation of the collection, along with a full commentary and two extended essays that parse its literary and intellectual contexts and chart the cou...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Newman, Barbara, 1953-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: University of Pennsylvania Press, Inc., 2016.
Series:Middle Ages series.
Subjects:
Abelard, Peter, > 1079-1142.
Héloïse, > approximately 1095-1163 or 1164.
Epistolae duorum amantium.
Tegernseer Briefsammlung des 12. Jahrhunderts. > Selections.
Carmina Ratisponensia. > Selections.
Love-letters > Europe > History > To 1500.
Latin letters, Medieval and modern > History and criticism.
Letter writing > Europe > History > To 1500.
Love > Europe > History > To 1500.
Online Access: Full text (Emmanuel users only)
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Prolegomena
  • Making love in the Twelfth Century: An Essay in the History of Emotions
  • Abelard and Heloise?: some Frequently Asked Questions
  • Translations and Commentary
  • Letters of Two Lovers
  • Love Letters from Tegernsee
  • From the Regensburg Songs
  • "To a Fugitive Lover"
  • Appendices
  • Appendix A. Keywords
  • Appendix B. Citations, Allusions, and Parallels
  • Appendix C. Salutation Types
  • Appendix D. Word Frequencies
  • Appendix E. Cursus and Rhymed Prose
  • Appendix F. Distinctive Features and Motifs
  • Appendix G. Abelard, Heloise, and the Paraclete
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • General Index
  • Index of Latin Terms
  • Acknowledgments.

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