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The Allegory of Love: A Study in Medieval Tradition
Paperback / softback
Main Details
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The Allegory of Love: A Study in Medieval Tradition
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| Authors and Contributors |
By (author) C. S. Lewis
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| Series | Canto Classics |
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| Physical Properties |
| Format:Paperback / softback | | Pages:488 | | Dimensions(mm): Height 215,Width 138 |
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| Category/Genre | Literary studies - classical, early and medieval |
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| ISBN/Barcode |
9781107659438
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| Classifications | Dewey:809.933543 |
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| Audience | | Undergraduate | | Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly | |
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Publishing Details |
| Publisher |
Cambridge University Press
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| Imprint |
Cambridge University Press
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| Publication Date |
7 November 2013 |
| Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
The Allegory of Love is a landmark study of a powerful and influential medieval conception. C. S. Lewis explores the sentiment called 'courtly love' and the allegorical method within which it developed in literature and thought, from its first flowering in eleventh-century Languedoc through to its transformation and gradual demise at the end of the sixteenth century. Lewis devotes particular attention to the major poems The Romance of the Rose and The Faerie Queene, and to poets including Chaucer, Gower and Thomas Usk.
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