The Allegory of Love (Oxford Paperbacks) - Softcover

Lewis, C. S.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0192812203 ISBN 13: 9780192812209

Publisher: Oxford Paperbacks, 1977

Synopsis

Love is the commonest these of serious imaginative literature and is still generally regarded as anble and ennbling passion. Love has not always taken such precedence, however, and it was in fact not until the eleventh century that French poets first began to express the romantic species of passion which English peots were still writing about in the nineteenth century. This book is intended for students of medieval literature from A-level upwards. Anyone interested in the `Courtly Love' tradition. Fans of C.S. Lewis's writings.

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Book Description:

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.

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford Paperbacks
• Publication date: 1977
• ISBN 10: 0192812203
• ISBN 13: 9780192812209
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 384