Andreas and the Ambiguity of Courtly Love Hardback
by Paolo Cherchi
Part of the Toronto Italian Studies series
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A resolution to the vexed problem whether a troubadour's love is erotic or spiritual is offered by Paolo Cherchi through a new reading of Andreas Capellanus' De Amore (written around 1186-1196).
He suggests that Andreas, using a rhetorical strategy that creates ambiguity, condemns courtly love because its claim that passion generates virtue is untenable and deceitful.
Although Andreas grasped the core of the courtly love 'system,' namely, the relation between passion and ethics, he failed to consider the notion of mezura, that courtly virtue through which troubadours transformed nature into culture, and erotic passion into social discourse. Cherchi offers an innovative interpretation and a close reading of selected poems.
He traces the history of Provençal lyric poetry, highlighting some of the significant personalities and movements.
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- Pages:194 pages
- Publisher:University of Toronto Press
- Publication Date:04/11/1994
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- ISBN:9780802005779
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:194 pages
- Publisher:University of Toronto Press
- Publication Date:04/11/1994
- Category:
- ISBN:9780802005779
