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Violent Passions

Managing Love in the Old French Verse Romance

T Adams author Bonnie Wheeler editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Palgrave Macmillan

Published:3rd Sep '05

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This book re-evaluates the perception of "courtly love" in Old French verse. Adams traces how these verses explore the emotional trials of amour and propose coping methods for the lovelorn.This book re-evaluates the perception of "courtly love" in Old French verse. Adams traces how these verses explore the emotional trials of amour and propose coping methods for the lovelorn.

"[Adam's] attempt to locate these romantic explorations of amor within the 12th-century's fascination with problematic love is laudable and instructive." - Encomia

ISBN: 9781349527199

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 454g

323 pages

1st ed. 2005