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The Discourse of Courtly Love in Medieval Verse Narratives
EncyclopediaThis encyclopedic entry explores the vast field of courtly love poetry, romance, and other related genres, tracing the development of this topic across medieval Europe and discussing some of the major contributors.
Albrecht Classen
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NUML Journal of Critical Inquiry, 2023 Slavoj Žižek’s psychoanalytic analysis of “courtly love” concludes that the courtly image of the Knight’s subservience to his Lady actually masks the reality of male domination; however, Žižek’s own analysis seems complicit in the same problematic ...
Ayesha Siddiqa
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'Maria natare, montes transire.' L'amore nei modelli epistolari latini del XII secolo [PDF]
Interfaces: A Journal of Medieval European Literatures, 2017 This paper focuses on the phenomenology of love in twelfth-century letter construction of a lexicon of love, and the initial development of the distinction between love letters and letters of friendship and of family ties. The love letters affect several
Elisabetta Bartoli
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From Quest to Brothel: The Demise of the Courtly Love Tradition in La Celestin
IAFOR Journal of Arts & Humanities, 2017 Enduring an arduous quest is an important component of the knightly code of honor. In the courtly love tradition of the Middle Ages, embarking on this quest and prevailing over its daunting obstacles epitomized the essential requirements for courtly love;
Alyssa Acierno
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Courtly Love and Eroticism: Adapting «Fin’Amors» in the Non-Cyclic «Prose Lancelot»
TirantIn the Middle Ages, eroticism emerged as an important subject in both literary works and treatises on love, shaping a culture where sensuality and courtly love (fin’amors) were central.
Eduarda Rabaçal
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“I cluppe and I cusse as I wood wore”: Erotic Imagery in Middle English Mystical Writings [PDF]
Text Matters, 2013 The mutual influences of the medieval discourse of courtly love and the literary visions of divine love have long been recognized by readers of medieval lyrical poetry and devotional writings.
Władysław Witalisz
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The joys or misfortunes of love in the courtly epics of Djado Sékou
Tydskrif vir Letterkunde, 2019 Djado Sékou, a professional storyteller, is one of the most celebrated griots in Niger. He has a predilection for everything that deals with the imaginary and dreams. His audience is fond of love stories, which he considers a superior form of literature.
Ousmane M. Tandina
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San Bernardo y el amor cortés [PDF]
Studia Gilsoniana, 2021 "Saint Bernard and Courtly Love": The author discusses the problem of whether there is any interrelation between Cistercian mysticism, in St. Bernard of Clairveaux’s time, and courtly love.
Étienne Gilson
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Polilog: Studia Neofilologiczne, 2022 In his Fiery Angel, published 1907–1909, Brûsov shows fictional-factual late Middle Ages in western Germany on the threshold to the times of Reformation, with their wars, riots, social changes – but still working (German) medieval discourses and their ...
Jan Santner
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Contextualizing the Medieval Tradition of Courtly Love in Nabokov's Lolita
International Journal of Arabic-English Studies, 2023 Using modern terms of morality to evaluate the sexual attitude of Humbert towards Lolita, which constitutes the central subject matter of Vladimir Nabokov’s Lolita (2005), most readers view the novel as erotica, a piece of literature that glamorizes ...
M. Zuraikat
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