The Allegory of Love by C S Lewis

The Allegory of Love by C S Lewis

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Summary

A classic study of the allegorical power of love in literature, traced through major works of the medieval and Renaissance periods, by one of the major literary critics of the twentieth century.

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The Allegory of Love by C S Lewis

The Allegory of Love is a landmark study of a powerful and influential medieval conception. C. S. Lewis explores the sentiment called 'courtly love' and the allegorical method within which it developed in literature and thought, from its first flowering in eleventh-century Languedoc through to its transformation and gradual demise at the end of the sixteenth century. Lewis devotes particular attention to the major poems The Romance of the Rose and The Faerie Queene, and to poets including Chaucer, Gower and Thomas Usk.
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ISBN 13 9781107659438
ISBN 10 1107659434
Title The Allegory of Love
Author C S Lewis
Series Canto Classics
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Year published 2013-11-07
Number of pages 488
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.