Violent Passions

Managing Love in the Old French Verse Romance

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by Tracey Adams

Palgrave

Due/Published October 2005, 256 pages, cloth

ISBN 1403962944

This book re-evaluates the perception of "courtly love" in Old French verse. Adams traces how these verses explore the emotional trials of amour and propose coping methods for the lovelorn.

Contents

Introduction
The Problem of Love
The Mad Lovers of the Ovidian Lais
Marriage and Amor
The Roman d'Eneas and the Erotics of Empire Building
"Making Love" in Béroul and Thomas's Tristan
The Magister Amoris and his Willful Lovers: Cligés and the Chevalier de la Charrete
Conclusion
Bibliography