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Love and Death in Medieval French and Occitan Courtly Literature: Martyrs to Love Gaunt, Simon (Professor of French Language and Literature, King's College London)
Love and Death in Medieval French and Occitan Courtly Literature: Martyrs to Love
Gaunt, Simon (Professor of French Language and Literature, King's College London)
Examines the association of love and death in medieval French and Occitan courtly literature using an approach informed by Lacanian psychoanalysis and Jacques Derrida. This title offers readings of canonical authors and texts, including Bernart de Ventadorn, Jaufre Rudel, Chretien de Troyes, Thomas' "Tristan", the "Prose Lancelot", and more.
256 pages, 1 black and white illustration
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | April 13, 2006 |
| ISBN13 | 9780199272075 |
| Publishers | Oxford University Press |
| Pages | 248 |
| Dimensions | 145 × 223 × 20 mm · 439 g |
| Language | English |