This high-spirited collection of medieval French love poetry in modern translation takes delightful advantage of the preoccupation of writers of that time & place with love & sex. Decidedly sexist by today's standards, the volume offers the modern reader translations from seven texts, among them Ovid's "Ars amatoria," one of the earliest "practical" love guides -- a satirical treatise chockablock with shrewd tips for seducers & lovers -- as well as selections from the anonymous "On Courtesy," from Robert de Blois's "Advice to Ladies," & four other works. The illustrations -- 7 woodcuts by Robert & Corinne Borja -- are a blend of modern & medieval styles. Renowned translator Norman R. Shapiro is a prof. at Wesleyan Univ.
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On The Rules Of Love, Fr. The Book Of Love by Andre Le Chapelain
Advice To Ladies by Robert De Blois
The Art Of Love by Publius Ovidius Naso
The Key To Love by Publius Ovidius Naso
On The Art Of Love by Publius Ovidius Naso
On Courtesy by Anonymous
-- Table of Poems from Poem Finder®
Advice To Ladies by Robert De Blois
The Art Of Love by Publius Ovidius Naso
The Key To Love by Publius Ovidius Naso
On The Art Of Love by Publius Ovidius Naso
On Courtesy by Anonymous
-- Table of Poems from Poem Finder®
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Text: English (translation)
Original Language: French
Original Language: French
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THE AUTHOR OF WHAT IS GENERALLY CONSIDERED the oldest surviving medieval French translation of Ovid's Art of Love gave his name as Maitre Elie, and wrote his octosyllabic couplets in the early thirteenth century. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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THE AUTHOR OF WHAT IS GENERALLY CONSIDERED the oldest surviving medieval French translation of Ovid's Art of Love gave his name as Maitre Elie, and wrote his octosyllabic couplets in the early thirteenth century. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
loyal lover, fair sister Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Richard de Fournival, Robert de Blois, Drouart la Vache, Andreas Capellanus, Robert Bossuat, Andrea Cappellano, Guy Raynaud de Lage, Louis Pichard New!
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- The Art of Love by Ovid in Front Matter, and page 43
- The Art of Courtly Love by Andreas Capellanus in Front Matter, and page 87
- The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer in Back Matter
- Medieval Translators and Their Craft (Studies in Medieval Culture) by Jeanette Beer on page 87
- Ovid Surveyed: An Abridgement for the General Reader of 'Ovid Recalled' by L. P. Wilkinson in Back Matter
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- Alcohol, Sex, and Gender in Late Medieval and Early Modern Europe (Early Modern History) by A. Lynn Martin in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Small Books and Pleasant Histories: Popular Fiction and its Readership in Seventeenth-Century England (Past and Present Publications) by Margaret Spufford on page 186
- A History of the Wife by Marilyn Yalom in Back Matter
- The Fabulists French: VERSE FABLES OF NINE CENTURIES by Norman R. Shapiro in Back Matter
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