An edition of Idleness working (2004)

Idleness working

the discourse of love's labor from Ovid through Chaucer and Gower

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An edition of Idleness working (2004)

Idleness working

the discourse of love's labor from Ovid through Chaucer and Gower

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xii, 297 p. ; 24 cm

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Catholic University of America Press
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English
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298

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Subjects

Criticism and interpretation, History and criticism, Influence, Love in literature, Medieval Literature, Roman influences, Work in literature, Chaucer, geoffrey, -1400, Andre, le chapelain, Gower, john, 1325-1408, Ovid, 43 b.c.-17 a.d. or 18 a.d., Literature, medieval, history and criticism, Roman de la rose, Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400 -- Criticism and interpretation, Guillaume, de Lorris, active 1230. Roman de la rose, Alanus, de Insulis, -1202. De planctu naturae, Andreas, Capellanus. De amore et amoris remedio, Gower, John, 1325?-1408. Confessio amantis, Ovid, 43 B.C.-17 A.D. or 18 A.D. Ars amatoria, Ovid, 43 B.C.-17 A.D. or 18 A.D. -- Influence, Literature, Medieval -- History and criticism, Literature, Medieval -- Roman influences

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Alanus de Insulis (d. 1202), André le chapelain, Geoffrey Chaucer (d. 1400), Guillaume de Lorris (fl. 1230), John Gower (1325?-1408), Ovid (43 B.C.-17 or 18 A.D)
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Idleness working: the discourse of love's labor from Ovid through Chaucer and Gower
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Table of Contents

The discourse of love's labor and its cultural contexts
Labor omnia vincit: Roman attitudes toward work and leisure and the discourse of love's labor in Ovid's Ars amatoria
Noble servitium: aspects of labor ideology in the Christian middle ages and love's labor in the De amore of Andreas Capellanus
Homo artifex: monastic labor ideologies, urban labor, and love's labor in Alan of Lille's De planctu naturae
Repose travaillant: the discourse of love's labor in the Roman de la rose
The vice of Acedia and the gentil occupacion in Gower's Confessio amantis
Love's bysynesse in Chaucer's amatory fiction.

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-281) and indexes.

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Washington, D.C

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809/.933543
Library of Congress
PN682.L68 S24 2004, PN682.L68S24 2004

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xii, 298 p. ;
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298

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OL3678031M
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0813213738
LCCN
2003018202
OCLC/WorldCat
53038615
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341873

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