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the discourse of love's labor from Ovid through Chaucer and Gower

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the discourse of love's labor from Ovid through Chaucer and Gower

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xii, 297 p. ; 24 cm

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Catholic University of America Press
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English
Pages
298

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Subjects
Criticism and interpretation, History and criticism, Influence, Love in literature, Medieval Literature, Roman influences, Work in literature, Chaucer, geoffrey, -1400, Andre, le chapelain, Gower, john, 1325-1408, Ovid, 43 b.c.-17 a.d. or 18 a.d., Literature, medieval, history and criticism, Roman de la rose, Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400 -- Criticism and interpretation, Guillaume, de Lorris, active 1230. Roman de la rose, Alanus, de Insulis, -1202. De planctu naturae, Andreas, Capellanus. De amore et amoris remedio, Gower, John, 1325?-1408. Confessio amantis, Ovid, 43 B.C.-17 A.D. or 18 A.D. Ars amatoria, Ovid, 43 B.C.-17 A.D. or 18 A.D. -- Influence, Literature, Medieval -- History and criticism, Literature, Medieval -- Roman influences
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Alanus de Insulis (d. 1202), André le chapelain, Geoffrey Chaucer (d. 1400), Guillaume de Lorris (fl. 1230), John Gower (1325?-1408), Ovid (43 B.C.-17 or 18 A.D)

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Table of Contents

The discourse of love's labor and its cultural contexts
Labor omnia vincit: Roman attitudes toward work and leisure and the discourse of love's labor in Ovid's Ars amatoria
Noble servitium: aspects of labor ideology in the Christian middle ages and love's labor in the De amore of Andreas Capellanus
Homo artifex: monastic labor ideologies, urban labor, and love's labor in Alan of Lille's De planctu naturae
Repose travaillant: the discourse of love's labor in the Roman de la rose
The vice of Acedia and the gentil occupacion in Gower's Confessio amantis
Love's bysynesse in Chaucer's amatory fiction.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-281) and indexes.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
809/.933543
Library of Congress
PN682.L68 S24 2004, PN682.L68S24 2004

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xii, 298 p. ;
Number of pages
298

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OL3678031M
Internet Archive
idlenessworkingd0000sadl
ISBN 10
0813213738
LCCN
2003018202
OCLC/WorldCat
53038615
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341873

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