The Flight from Desire: Augustine and Ovid to Chaucer

Edwards, R.

This book reformulates the master narrative of erotic discourse in medieval literature. Individual chapters offer fresh readings of the nature and claims of erotic attachments in Abelard and Heloise, Marie de France, Jean de Meun, Dante, Boccaccio, and Chaucer - writers profoundly influenced by Augustine and Ovid.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2008-01-04

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9781403964113

DOI: 10.1007/978-1-137-05701-3

Dimensions: 216.0cm x140.0cm

Pages: 219.0