The comedy of eros
Subtitle: medieval French guides to the art of love
By: Translated by Norman R. Shapiro. Notes and commentary by James B. Wadsworth.
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Published: 1971
Place of publication: Urbana
Language: eng; fro
Number of pages: 133
Subjects: English poetry -- Translations from French (Old French); French poetry -- To 1500 -- Translations into English.
Description: Medieval French writers were preoccupied with love and sex. The seven texts in this volume, most of them never before published in English, offer a sample of thirteenth-century vernacular instruction in the art of love.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.  Ovid's "On the art ...," by M. Élie.--The key to love-Anonymous.--The art of love, by Guiart.--On courtesy-Anonymous.--Advice to ladies, by R. de Blois.--"On the rules of love" from The book of love, by D. la Vache.--Advice on love, by R. de Fournival.

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