Download or read book Poetics of Love in the Middle Ages written by Moshe Lazar and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 1989-05-23 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume examines the treatment and expression of love in medieval literature and art. These nineteen essays, contributed by recognized authorities on medieval romantic expression, consider a wide variety of texts from the following cultures: French, Arabic, Latin, Hispanic, Hebrew, Provencal, and German. Teachers and students of medieval literature will find in this well-researched book cogent, contemporary analyses of written expressions of love in the Middle Ages.