Marriage Fictions in Old French Secular Narratives, 1170-1250

Marriage Fictions in Old French Secular Narratives, 1170-1250
Author: Keith Nickolaus
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 286
Release: 2013-12-16
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1136710000

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Nickolaus provides the readers with a concise critical discussion of the "courtly love" debate, broad historical and comparative analysis, and a model that explains, at the level of plot, rhetoric, and ideology, the proper place of amorous motifs in the context of prevailing Christian doctrines and attitudes.