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Torments Of Love
Helisenne de Crenne
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Description for Torments Of Love
paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 295. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
This autobiographical novel of a married woman’s passion for a younger man is the first translation into English of a landmark text. Originally published in 1538, The Torments of Love tells a colorful tale of adulterous love and romantic adventure from a woman's point of view.
The novel tells the story of the ill-starred love affair of the heroine, Hélisenne, and her paramour, Guenelic. The first part relates the tale of Hélisenne's happy marriage and her sudden adulterous desire for Guenelic, a desire so overwhelming that her husband, in desperation, imprisons her in a tower. Hélisenne writes The Torments of Love ... Read moreProduct Details
Format
Paperback
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
Minnesota, United States
ISBN
9780816627899
SKU
KSG0032460
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-1
About Helisenne de Crenne
Hélisenne de Crenne is the pseudonym of Marguerite Briet (circa 1515-1550), now widely regarded as one of the principal early woman writers in France. In addition to The Torments of Love, she wrote an epistolary novel, Personal and Invective Letters (1539), and an allegorical fable, Dream (1540). She also produced the first French translation of Virgil’s Aeneid (Books I-IV). ... Read more
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