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

  • Reddy, William M.
Date:
2012
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Publication/Creation

Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, 2012.

Physical description

x, 439 pages ; 24 cm.

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Bibliographic information

includes bibliographical references ( pages 397-427) and index.

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.

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    History of Medicine
    TPJ.AI.AA2
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  • 9780226706269
  • 0226706265
  • 9780226706276
  • 0226706273