| Series |
Penn State Romance studies
Penn State Romance studies. ^A769331
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| Contents |
Introduction -- Background considerations -- On artifice and realism : Thessala in Chrétien de Troyes's Cligés -- Tristan and Iseut : beyond a symbolic reading of empirical practice -- Tristan and Iseut : empirical practice amidst competing claims -- Love and medicine in the Roman de silence -- Reworked elements in Amadas et Ydoine -- Conclusion. |
| Abstract |
"Examines literary portrayals of women who practice healing and love magic, and argues that these figures were modeled on informally trained practitioners common in the magico-medical paradigm of the high Middle Ages, and were well-respected and successful"--Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. [268]-286) and index. |
| LCCN | 2009003734 |
| ISBN | 9780271035307 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0271035307 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9780271035314 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0271035315 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
