The Allegory of Love: A Study in Medieval Tradition
Love is the commonest these of serious imaginative literature and is still generally regarded as anble and ennbling passion. Love has not always taken such precedence, however, and it was in fact not until the eleventh century that French poets first began to express the romantic species of...
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Love is the commonest these of serious imaginative literature and is still generally regarded as anble and ennbling passion. Love has not always taken such precedence, however, and it was in fact not until the eleventh century that French poets first began to express the romantic species of passion which English peots were still writing about in the nineteenth century. This book is intended for students of medieval literature from A-level upwards. Anyone interested in the `Courtly Love' tradition. Fans of C.S. Lewis's writings.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780192812209 (0192812203)
Publish date: November 7th 1977
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Pages no: 378
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction,
History,
Literature,
Criticism,
Literary Criticism,
Historical Fiction,
Literary Fiction,
Medieval,
Religion,
Philosophy,
Christian,
Theology
C. S. Lewis takes a narrow view in his definition of allegory and does not treat works later than Faerie Queene. By implication, it's unlikely he would consider many modern works allegorical.
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