Mediation and love : : a study of the medieval go-between in key Romance and Near Eastern texts / / by Leyla Rouhi.

• Superior document: Brill's studies in intellectual history, volume 93
• VerfasserIn: Rouhi, Leyla,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, 1999.
• Year of Publication: 1999
• Language: English
• Series: Brill's studies in intellectual history ; v. 93.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (321 pages)
• Notes: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

This study offers a typology of the go-between across key texts from antiquity and several medieval literary traditions, analyzing the role of the third party in the poetics of love. The work provides the indispensable context for the study of the significant transformations undergone by the go-between. Legal and scientific sources are taken into account alongside Latin, French, and English literary works and literature of the medieval Islamic period for the critique of differences and intertextual links which inform the conception of the go-between. The case of the Medieval Spanish go-between is given a special attention due to the figure's complex relationship with diverse traditions. The range covered in the work provides a comprehensive view of the figure's trajectory and representation in each text.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material / Leyla Routhi -- Introduction: The Medieval Go-Between: A Problem for Comparative Literature / Leyla Routhi -- Chapter One: The Go-Between in Classical Latin Texts / Leyla Routhi -- Chapter Two: The Medieval European Go-Between / Leyla Routhi -- Chapter Three: The Medieval Near-Eastern Go-Between / Leyla Routhi -- Chapter Four: The Medieval Spanish Alcahueta / Leyla Routhi -- Conclusion: Towards a Theory of Seduction / Leyla Routhi -- Bibliography / Leyla Routhi -- Index / Leyla Routhi.