Love in Print in the Sixteenth Century [electronic resource] : The Popularization of Romance /
Moulton, I.author.
Love in Print in the Sixteenth Century explores the impact of print on conflicting cultural notions about romantic love in the sixteenth century. This popularization of romantic love led to profound transformations in the rhetoric, ideology, and social function of love - transformations that continue to shape cultural notions about love today.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Love, the Book Market, and the Popularization of Romance; Chapter 1 Baldassare Castiglione's Book of the Courtier: Love and Ideal Conduct; Chapter 2 Mario Equicola's De Natura d'amore: Love and Knowledge; Chapter 3 Antonio Tagliente's Opera amorosa: Love and Letterwriting; Chapter 4 Jacques Ferrand's On Lovesickness: Love and Medicine; Conclusion:  Romeo + Juliet; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Love in Print in the Sixteenth Century explores the impact of print on conflicting cultural notions about romantic love in the sixteenth century. This popularization of romantic love led to profound transformations in the rhetoric, ideology, and social function of love - transformations that continue to shape cultural notions about love today.
Literature-History and criticism.
Literature, Modern.
European literature.
Sociology.
Literature-Philosophy.
Culture-Study and teaching.
Literary History.
Early Modern/Renaissance Literature.
European Literature.
Gender Studies.
Literary Theory.
Cultural Theory.