Epistolae Duorum Amantium : : Parodien - Auf ein Berühmtes Liebespaar? / / Rüdiger Schnell.
For 20 years medievalists have been debating whether these love letters have been written by Abelard and Heloise. The present study comes to a surprising result. The famous lovers are ridiculed in and by these letters. On the one hand the male writer appears to be a show-off, a macho, while on the o...
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| Superior document: | Mittellateinische Studien und Texte Series ; Volume 55 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Leiden, Netherlands : : Brill,, [2022] ©2022 |
| Year of Publication: | 2022 |
| Edition: | First edition. |
| Language: | German |
| Series: | Mittellateinische Studien und Texte Series ;
Volume 55. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (640 pages) |
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| Other title: | Epistolae duorum amantium. German Epistolae duorum amantium. Latin |
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| Summary: | For 20 years medievalists have been debating whether these love letters have been written by Abelard and Heloise. The present study comes to a surprising result. The famous lovers are ridiculed in and by these letters. On the one hand the male writer appears to be a show-off, a macho, while on the other hand he emerges as a 'crybaby' who humiliates himself to secure the object of his desire. The female writer is stylized as the epitome of ideal love, but above all, she hopes for sexual pleasure. However, her desire is cleverly concealed by the borrowing from religious vocabulary in the letters. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9789004498167 9789004471900 |
| Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
| Statement of Responsibility: | Rüdiger Schnell. |