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The Art of Love - Amatory Fiction From Ovid To The Romance of The Rose
The Art of Love - Amatory Fiction From Ovid To The Romance of The Rose
Peter L. Allen
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Copyright © 1992 by the University of Pennsylvania Press
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Allen, Peter L., 1957-
The art of love: amatory fiction from Ovid to the Romance of the Rose / Peter L. Allen.
p. cm. (Middle Ages series)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-8122-3188-0
1. Courtly love in literature. 2. Ovid, 43 B.C. -17 or 18 A.D.Criticism and
interpretation. 3. Jean, de Meun, d. 1305Criticism and interpretation. 4. Guillaume,
de Lorris, fl. 1230Criticism and interpretation. 5. André, le chapelainCriticism and
interpretation. 6. Love poetry, Latin(Medieval and modern)History and
criticism. I. Title. II. Series.
PN682.L68A45 1992
809'.93354dc20 92-21610
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