Eros and Noesis : A Cognitive Approach to the Courtly Love Literature of Medieval France.

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Part 1 Love Problems: Courtly Literature, Genre Theory and Cognition -- Chapter 1 The Problem of "Courtly Love": In Search of a New Paradigm -- 1 The Classic Theory (1880-1950) -- 2 Revisions and Contestations (1950-1985) -- 3 Poststructuralism and the New Medievalism (1985-the Present) -- 4 Generic and Cognitive Perspectives -- Chapter 2 Medieval Poetic Love: Biological Universality and Cultural Specificity -- 1 The Medieval Invention of Love? -- 2 Universality: The Biology of Love -- 3 The Environment of Adaptation: Courtly Culture -- 4 Medieval Intellectual Culture and Poetic Form: Rhetoric and Dialectic -- 5 Medieval Social Institutions and Poetic Substance: Feudalism and Christianity -- Chapter 3 Cognition and Genre Theory: The System of the Courtly Genres -- 1 Genre Theory and Courtly Literature -- 2 Courtly Lyric -- 3 Courtly Narrative -- 4 Courtly Didactic -- 5 The Courtly Genres as a System -- Chapter 4 The Psycho-dynamics of Love: Parsing the Courtly Themes -- 1 The Origins of Love -- 2 Obstacles to Love -- 3 Overcoming the Obstacles -- 4 Outcomes -- Part 2 Love's Discourse: A Cognitive Taxonomy of the Courtly Genres -- Chapter 5 Love Song: Courtly Themes in a Lyric Mode -- 1 Pure Lyricism: The Canso and Some Derivative Genres -- 2 Songs of Male Boasting: The "Gap" -- 3 The Woman's Voice: Trobairitz and "Chansons de Femme" -- 4 Lyrico-narrative Genres: Pastourelle, Aube, Chanson de Toile -- 5 Lyrico-didactic Genres: Tensos and Partimens -- Chapter 6 Love Story: Courtly Themes in a Narrative Mode -- 1 From Song to Tale: Troubadour Biographies and Lyric Insertions -- 2 Short Verse Narrative: Novas and Lais -- 3 Romance: Tristan, Chrétien and Beyond -- Chapter 7 Love Lesson: Courtly Themes in a Didactic Mode -- 1 Vernacular Beginnings: The Ensenhamens.

2 The Ovidian Tradition: Latin and Vernacular Arts of Love -- 3 A Latin, Scholastic Synthesis: Andreas Capellanus -- 4 A Vernacular, Courtly Synthesis: Guillaume de Lorris -- Chapter 8 Love Mocked: Courtly Themes in a Satirical Mode -- 1 Lyric Satire: Sirventés and "Contre-textes" -- 2 Narrative Satire: Burlesque Lais and Fabliaux -- 3 Didactic Satire: Debates and Diatribes -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index of Ancient and Medieval Authors and Works -- Index of Modern Scholars -- Subject Index.

This is the first study to apply some of the results of modern cognitive science to all the major genres of the courtly love literature of medieval France (twelfth and thirteenth centuries) in Occitan, Old French, and Latin.

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