Andreas Capellanus on Love? Desire, Seduction, and Subversion in a Twelfth-Century Latin Text |
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| Author:
| Andersen-Wyman, K. |
| Series title: | Arthurian and Courtly Cultures Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-349-53013-7 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 2008 |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan
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| Imprint: | Palgrave Macmillan |
| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $84.99USD $84.99USD $54.99 |
Book Description:
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Andersen-Wyman's book undoes most scholarly uses and understandings of De amore by Andreas Capellanus. By offering a reading promoted by the text itself, Andersen-Wyman shows how Andreas undermines the narrative foundations of sacred and secular institutions and renders their power absurd.
Andersen-Wyman's book undoes most scholarly uses and understandings of De amore by Andreas Capellanus. By offering a reading promoted by the text itself, Andersen-Wyman shows how Andreas undermines the narrative foundations of sacred and secular institutions and renders their power absurd.