The Medieval Poet as Voyeur. Looking and Listening in Medieval Love-Narratives 0521410940, 9780521410946

While love is private, and in medieval literature especially is seen as demanding secrecy, to tell stories about it is t

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Table of contents :
Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 6
Copyright......Page 7
Contents......Page 8
Preface......Page 10
1 - Theories of looking......Page 12
2 - Examples of looking......Page 37
3 - The Tristan story......Page 62
4 - Chrétien de Troyes......Page 86
5 - The Lanval story......Page 108
6 - Troilus and Criseyde and The Manciple's Tale......Page 131
7 - Partonope of Blois......Page 151
8 - The Knight's Tale and The Merchant's Tale......Page 166
9 - The Squyr of Lowe Degre......Page 188
10 - The Romaunt of the Rose......Page 205
11 - The Parliament of Fowls and A Complaynt of a Loveres Lyfe......Page 222
12 - The Palice of Honour and The Goldyn Targe......Page 242
13 - The Tretis of the Twa Mariit Wemen and the Wedo......Page 260
14 - Phyllyp Sparowe......Page 279
Notes......Page 294
Bibliography......Page 314
Index......Page 328

The Medieval Poet as Voyeur. Looking and Listening in Medieval Love-Narratives
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