Mediation and Love: A Study of the Medieval Go-Between in Key Romance and Near-Eastern Texts (Brill's Studies in Intellectual History) (Brill's Studies in Itellectual History) [Hardcover]

Leyla Rouhi (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 9004112685 | ISBN-13: 978-9004112681 | Publication Date: February 1, 1999

This study offers a typology of the go-between across key texts from antiquity and several medieval literary traditions, analyzing the role of the third party in the poetics of love. The work provides the indispensable context for the study of the significant transformations undergone by the go-between. Legal and scientific sources are taken into account alongside Latin, French, and English literary works and literature of the medieval Islamic period for the critique of differences and intertextual links which inform the conception of the go-between. The case of the Medieval Spanish go-between is given a special attention due to the figure's complex relationship with diverse traditions. The range covered in the work provides a comprehensive view of the figure's trajectory and representation in each text.

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'..".sensitive and accurate. Readers will learn much from this bookM'
Oliver Leaman, "Journal of Early Modern History, 2002.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 311 pages
• Publisher: Brill Academic Pub (February 1, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 9004112685
• ISBN-13: 978-9004112681
• Product Dimensions: 9.6 x 6.4 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,485,262 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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