The making of romantic love [electronic resource] : longing and sexuality in Europe, South Asia, and Japan, 900-1200 CE / William M. Reddy.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Reddy, William M.
Language:English
Published: Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2012.
Subjects:
Courtly love in literature.
Courtly love.
Troubadours.
Love > Europe.
Love > South Asia.
Love > Japan.
Online Access:
ProQuest Ebook Central - Academic Complete: 2012 (Ebook Central @ Proquest)
EBSCO eBooks: 2012 (EBSCO)
eBook Academic Collection (EBSCOhost) – North America: 2012 (EBSCO)
Variant Title:
The Making of Romantic Love: Longing and Sexuality in Europe, South Asia, and Japan, 900-1200 CE
Format: Electronic eBook
Contents:
  • The emergence of courtly love in Europe
  • Aristocratic speech, the Gregorian reform, and the first troubadour
  • Trobairitz and troubadours and the shadow religion
  • Narratives of true love and twelfth-century common sense
  • Points of comparison
  • The Bhakti troubadour : Vaishnavism in twelfth-century Bengal and Orissa
  • Elegance and compassion in Heian Japan.