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The romans d'antiquité, medieval re-makings in French of the stories of Troy, Thebes, Greece, and Rome, first appeared in the reign of Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine in the twelfth century and continued to be read in England throughout the Middle Ages. Among them, the Romance of Thebes medievalizes the stories of Oedipus and Jocasta, Polynices and Etiocles, Antigone, Creon, and Theseus, and the Siege of Thebes. The medieval French re-workin...

Frontmatter -- PREFACE -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION. THE TRISTAN STORY AND ARTHURIAN ROMANCE -- 1. COMPARISON OF EPISODES -- 2. COMPARISON OF STRUCTURE -- 3. CONCLUSIONS -- Appendix A: NAMES -- Appendix ¿: EPISODES -- Appendix C: ADDENDA TO THE COMPARISON OF EPISODES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX -- Backmatter

Examines Dante's character of Beatrice and contends that, more than simply leading Dante to God, Beatrice allows him to see a feminine side in God, humanity, and himself.

Joan Ferrante analyzes the Divine Comedy in terms of public issues, which continued foremost in Dante's thinking after his exile from Florence. Professor Ferrante examines the political concepts of the poem in historical context and in light of the political theory and controversies of the period.Originally published in 1984.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print ...

To the Glory of Her Sex presents an account of medieval women's activities as correspondents, readers, writers, and literary patrons from antiquity through the fourteenth century. The writings explored here represent a cross-section of virtually every field in historical and literary studies, including Latin literature, romance literature in French, political and religious correspondence, theological and moral treatises written for women, and ...