Andreas and the Ambiguity of Courtly Love / / Paolo Cherchi.

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...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Archive 1933-1999
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Place / Publishing House:Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2016]
©1994
Year of Publication:2016
Language:English
Series:Toronto Italian Studies
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Physical Description:1 online resource (194 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • The Ambiguity of Courtly Love in Andreas Capellanus's Model
  • Mezura
  • The Adynata
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index of Names