Andreas Capellanus on Love?
Kathleen Andersen-Wyman
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Description for Andreas Capellanus on Love?
Paperback. A new look at Andreas Capellanus's "De amore. " Series: Arthurian and Courtly Cultures. Num Pages: 284 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 368.
Andersen-Wyman's book undoes most scholarly uses and understandings of De amore by Andreas Capellanus. By offering a reading promoted by the text itself, Andersen-Wyman shows how Andreas undermines the narrative foundations of sacred and secular institutions and renders their power absurd.
Andersen-Wyman's book undoes most scholarly uses and understandings of De amore by Andreas Capellanus. By offering a reading promoted by the text itself, Andersen-Wyman shows how Andreas undermines the narrative foundations of sacred and secular institutions and renders their power absurd.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
284
Condition
New
Series
Arthurian and Courtly Cultures
Number of Pages
273
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781349530137
SKU
V9781349530137
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Ref
99-15
About Kathleen Andersen-Wyman
KATHLEEN ANDERSEN-WYMAN is Assistant Professor of English and Humanities at Brazosport College, USA.
Reviews for Andreas Capellanus on Love?
'This fascinating rereading of the De amore of Andreas Capellanus within a twelfth-century context uncovers his subversive approach to class, gender (specifically, heterosexuality), religion, and the individual. In her deft, clever examination, Andersen-Wyman sees what other readers have not, thereby explaining the reason for the book's condemnation by Bishop Tempier. Only superficially about the seduction of women, De amore reveals ... Read more