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Review Essay: Classen, Albrecht, Ed. Eroticism And Love In The Middle Ages, Anita Obermeier
Review Essay: Classen, Albrecht, Ed. Eroticism And Love In The Middle Ages, Anita Obermeier
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Classen, Albrecht, ed. Eroticism and Love in the Middle Ages. Revised and expanded 3d edition. American Heritage Custom Publishing Group, New York, 1995. 500 pp.
Guinevere's Kidneys, Or The Lancelot–Grail Cycle And The Rise Of Realism, Norris J. Lacy
Guinevere's Kidneys, Or The Lancelot–Grail Cycle And The Rise Of Realism, Norris J. Lacy
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One of the most remarkable monuments of medieval literature in any language is the thirteenth-century French Lancelot–Grail Cycle (also called the Prose Lancelot, the Vulgate Cycle of Arthurian Romance, or the Pseudo-Map Cycle—the last because the texts identify the author as Walter Map, who complicated matters, however, by dying well before the cycle was written). Before turning to the subject indicated in my title, I'll situate the cycle and offer a few details about its phenomenal importance.
Review Essay: J. D. Pickles And J. L. Dawson, Eds., A Concordance To John Gower's "Confessio Amantis", Katharine S. Gittes
Review Essay: J. D. Pickles And J. L. Dawson, Eds., A Concordance To John Gower's "Confessio Amantis", Katharine S. Gittes
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J. D. Pickles and J. L. Dawson, eds., A Concordance to John Gower's "Confessio amantis," D. S. Brewer, 1987.
Review Essay: Graciela S. Daichman, Wayward Nuns In Medieval Literature, Kay Rogers
Review Essay: Graciela S. Daichman, Wayward Nuns In Medieval Literature, Kay Rogers
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Graciela S. Daichman, Wayward Nuns in Medieval Literature, Syracuse University Press, 1986.
Dreams, Stress, And Interpretation In Chaucer And His Contemporaries, David G. Hale
Dreams, Stress, And Interpretation In Chaucer And His Contemporaries, David G. Hale
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As is well known, dreams are important components of many works of medieval literature. one or more dreams can be the subject of most of a poem, as in the Roman de la Rose, Pearl, Piers Plowman, the Book of the Duchess, and the House of Fame. Or one or more dreams can be a relatively small yet important part of a work; Dante's Vita nuova and Purgatorio are familiar examples, as are Chaucer's Nun's Priest's Tale, Knight's Tale, and Troilus and Criseyde. In many cases the transitions into or out of these dreams …