Love and Death in Medieval French and Occitan Courtly Literature: Martyrs to Love

by SimonGaunt (Author)

• New

  Hardcover
  2006

  $238.18

  Examines the association of love and death in medieval French and Occitan courtly literature using an approach informed by Lacanian psychoanalysis and Jacques Derrida. This title offers readings of canonical authors and texts, including Bernart de Ventadorn, Jaufre Rudel, Chretien de Troyes, Thomas' Tristan , the Prose Lancelot , and more.