'BOOK OF THE LOVE-SMITTEN HEART' BY RENE ANJOU by Gibbs, Stephanie Vierak ISBN 0815338589
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[edit] 'BOOK OF THE LOVE-SMITTEN HEART' BY RENE ANJOU
The first full-length, French-English bilingual edition of Rene of Anjou's Livre du coeurs d'amours espris, including all sixteen colour plates, critical introduction, notes on the translation and comprehensive bibliography.
Available only in Middle French and German translation until now, this volume constitutes the first full-length, French-English bilingual edition of Rene of Anjou's Livre du coeurs d'amours espris, including all sixteen long-celebrated colour plates, a critical introduction, notes on the translation, and a comprehensive bibliography. The book tells the tale of desire and adventure as Heart -- part of Rene torn from his body by Love -- travels a complex allegorical landscape in quest of the lady Mercy, who is being held prisoner by a band of miscreants led by Refusal and Shame. Rene begs the reader to help him determine which of three entities is responsible for his torment: Fortune has led him to the lady whom he loves; once he arrived, Love, in the guise of his lady's gaze, struck his heart; and Destiny insists that he reflect upon her alone. As well as being a compelling courtly page-turner, The Book of the Love Smitten Heart represents the rare instance in which a medieval love story is told simultaneously in three frameworks: autobiographical letter, dream vision, and quest romance. This structure makes clear the multiple logics within which the author's psychology is reflected in the story, and how the symbol of the heart, as it travels through these shifting frameworks, dramatises vital relations linking self, desire, and writing.
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[edit] Title
'BOOK OF THE LOVE-SMITTEN HEART' BY RENE ANJOU
[edit] Author
Gibbs, Stephanie Vierak
[edit] ISBN
0815338589
[edit] Published
30/04/2001
[edit] Publisher
Garland Publishing Inc., U.S.
[edit] Binding
hardback
[edit] Retail Price
95 (GBP)
[edit] Typical Price Online
90.25 (GBP)
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