COMEDY OF EROS
Subtitle: Medieval French Guides to the Art of Love
Contributors: Norman R. Shapiro (Translator); James B. Wadsworth (Editor)
Edition: 2nd edition
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Published: March 1, 1997
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 133
ISBN-13: 9780252065811
Subjects: Poetry & poets; Poetry texts & anthologies; Poetry; Literature - Classics / Criticism; French; Literature: Classics; Continental European; Medieval; History / Medieval; Courtesy; French Poetry; Love poetry, French; To 1500; Translations into English
First sentence: 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.