The allegory of love : a study in medieval tradition
Lewis, C. S. (Clive Staples), 1898-19631977
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This study in medieval tradition traces the rise of the sentiment called 'Courtly Love' and of the allegorical method through which this sentiment was often expressed. C. S. Lewis begins in eleventh-century Languedoc and focuses his discussion upon The Romance of the Rose, The Faerie Queene and poets such as Chaucer, Gower, and Thomas Usk.
Main title:
The allegory of love : a study in medieval tradition / by C.S. Lewis.
Imprint:
London : Oxford University Press, 1977.
Collation:
[6],378p. ; 20cm.
Notes:
Originallt published 1936.Facsimile reprint of: 1st ed. Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1936.Includes index.
ISBN:
9780192812209 (pbk)
Dewey class:
809.93354809.93354821.09Le1
LC class:
PN682.C6
Local class:
821.09Le1
Language:
English
Subject:
Index terms:
Literature, ca 1000-1600
BRN:
1291998