{"product_id":"medieval-love-letters-a-critical-anthology-hardback-9781009398107","title":"Medieval Love Letters; A Critical Anthology (Hardback) 9781009398107","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eMedieval Love Letters\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eA Critical Anthology\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA carefully chosen selection of medieval love letters, with lucid translations, that explores the interactions between art and actuality.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eMyra Stokes (Author), Ad Putter (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781009398107, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 28 November 2024\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e502 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 15.9 x 3.4 cm, 0.87 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'… a poignant and powerful reminder of how many forms of love have always been part of the human experience, not only in the present, but also in the distant past.' Mary C. Flannery, The Times Literary Supplement\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIn the Middle Ages, educated people communicated their love in verse letters that revealed at once their personal commitments and their commitments to an established form of literary art. Medieval Love Letters reveals the fascinating duality of the medieval love letter as literary art and as life-writing by exploring a wide variety of remarkable texts in English, French, German and Latin. These rich texts are made accessible both linguistically, in new editions and translations, and conceptually, by discussing them in a way intelligible to non-specialists. Edited and translated texts include model letters from instructional manuals and fictional verse and actual letters from clerics and lay people, men and women. A substantial introduction explores the interchange and overlap between fact and literary art with reference to wide range of examples.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePart I. Introduction: The Art of the Love Letter: 1. Art and Actuality: an Overview\u003cbr\u003e 2. Occasions\u003cbr\u003e Ways and Means\u003cbr\u003e Male and Female Voices\u003cbr\u003e 3. Clerics and Convents\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Fictional and Instructional Models\u003cbr\u003e Text 1. Boncompagno da Signa: Rota Veneris\u003cbr\u003e Text 2. London, British Library, Harley MS 3988\u003cbr\u003e Text 3. The Parliament of Love\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Actual Letters (Drafts, Copies, Missives)\u003cbr\u003e Text 4. the Norfolk Letters: the Abbot to the Nun\u003cbr\u003e Text 5. Oxford, Corpus Christi, MS 154\u003cbr\u003e Text 6. the Armburgh Love-Letters\u003cbr\u003e Text 7. Pierre de Hagenbach and the Canoness at Remiremont – The Council of Remiremont – Conrad Pfettisheim's Account of Pierre de Hagenbach.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Literary studies: classical, early \u0026amp; medieval [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literary studies: classical, early \u0026amp; medieval\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literary%20studies:%20classical,%20early%20\u0026amp;%20medieval%20%5BDSBB%5D%22\"\u003eDSBB\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52474991018264,"sku":"9781009398107","price":83.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781009398107i.jpg?v=1785802687","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/medieval-love-letters-a-critical-anthology-hardback-9781009398107","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}