Idleness Working The Discourse of Love's Labor from Ovid Through Chaucer and Gower |
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| Author:
| Sadlek, Gregory M. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8132-1373-6 |
| Publication Date: | Aug 2004 |
| Publisher: | Catholic University of America Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $106.00 |
Book Description:
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A study of key works in the Western literature of love from classical Rome to the late middle ages which focuses on the ideologically saturated discourse of love's labour contained in them, and thus explores them in the context of ancient and medieval theories of labour and leisure.
A study of key works in the Western literature of love from classical Rome to the late middle ages which focuses on the ideologically saturated discourse of love's labour contained in them, and thus explores them in the context of ancient and medieval theories of labour and leisure.