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The volume also includes an afterword by David Konstan, which examines the medieval work's concept of friendship within a perspective extending back to classical antiquity.\u003cbr\u003eThis translation will reveal \u003ci\u003eAmi and Amile\u003c\/i\u003e as a major work of the French Middle Ages. In elegant and forceful prose, it weaves together the themes of friendship and love and the status of women, of sin and punishment, the moral problem of doing wrong for the right reason, and the mythic affliction of leprosy. The work will foster lively literary and philosophical discussion.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAmi and Amile\u003c\/i\u003e is of interest to a wide range of readers, including students of history, comparative literature, and gender studies. 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