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The Flight from Desire: Augustine and Ovid to Chaucer (The New Middle Ages)

Robert R. Edwards

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Description:The Flight from Desire revises our understanding of love in literary texts from the high and late Middle Ages. Starting from the traditions of Augustine and Ovid, it traces the interplay of medieval theories about love with the unruly and uncontainable workings of desire. Individual chapters offer fresh readings of the letters of Abelard and Heloise, the Lais of Marie de France, the Roman de la Rose, Dante's Vita nuova, and the Troilus story told by Boccaccio and Chaucer. In these works, desire powerfully affects ideas of selfhood and social identity, the terms of moral judgment, and even the role of authorship.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Flight from Desire: Augustine and Ovid to Chaucer (The New Middle Ages). To get started finding The Flight from Desire: Augustine and Ovid to Chaucer (The New Middle Ages), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: The Flight from Desire revises our understanding of love in literary texts from the high and late Middle Ages. Starting from the traditions of Augustine and Ovid, it traces the interplay of medieval theories about love with the unruly and uncontainable workings of desire. Individual chapters offer fresh readings of the letters of Abelard and Heloise, the Lais of Marie de France, the Roman de la Rose, Dante's Vita nuova, and the Troilus story told by Boccaccio and Chaucer. In these works, desire powerfully affects ideas of selfhood and social identity, the terms of moral judgment, and even the role of authorship.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Flight from Desire: Augustine and Ovid to Chaucer (The New Middle Ages). To get started finding The Flight from Desire: Augustine and Ovid to Chaucer (The New Middle Ages), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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