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基本説明
This book takes a fresh look at the problem of courtly love through that novel body of literature that emerged in the twelfth century, which was obsessed with courtship, adultery and marriage.
Full Description
Nickolaus provides the readers with a concise critical discussion of the "courtly love" debate, broad historical and comparative analysis, and a model that explains, at the level of plot, rhetoric, and ideology, the proper place of amorous motifs in the context of prevailing Christian doctrines and attitudes.
Contents
Chapter 1 Marriage Fictions and the Meaning of "Courtly Love"; Chapter 2 Love, Marriage, and Mythology; Chapter 3 Twelfth-Century Marriage Reforms and the Representation of Marriage; Chapter 4 Courtly Narratives, Christian Sacrament; conclusion Western Tradition and the Old French Roman;



