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... ideal that links all the philoso- phies of love in the Middle Ages , however they may be labeled and whatever notions they may include : the ideal of perfect equality between lovers . The pleasure of love is termed delit , an ambiguous ...
... ideal that links all the philoso- phies of love in the Middle Ages , however they may be labeled and whatever notions they may include : the ideal of perfect equality between lovers . The pleasure of love is termed delit , an ambiguous ...
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... ideal couple . Although Le Chevalier au lion works its way to the same resolution of conflicts between the sexes , the initial roles played by the male and female characters have been reversed . In the second work , Yvain is concerned ...
... ideal couple . Although Le Chevalier au lion works its way to the same resolution of conflicts between the sexes , the initial roles played by the male and female characters have been reversed . In the second work , Yvain is concerned ...
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... ideal love between men and women . In spite of the transformations , however , the ideal of beauty remains a curious combination of male and female ele- ments which are embodied most frequently in a young man rather than a young woman ...
... ideal love between men and women . In spite of the transformations , however , the ideal of beauty remains a curious combination of male and female ele- ments which are embodied most frequently in a young man rather than a young woman ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Ritual and Roleplaying in the World of the Hero | 11 |
Erotic Love and Egoism in the Age of Enlightenment | 117 |
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