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| Material Type: | Government publication, State or province government publication, Internet resource |
|---|---|
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Laine E Doggett |
| ISBN: | 9780271035307 0271035307 9780271035314 0271035315 |
| OCLC Number: | 304384833 |
| Description: | x, 291 p. ; 23 cm. |
| Contents: | Introduction -- Background considerations -- On artifice and realism : Thessala in Chrétien de Troyes's Cligés -- Tristan and Iseut : beyond a symbolic reading of empirical practice -- Tristan and Iseut : empirical practice amidst competing claims -- Love and medicine in the Roman de silence -- Reworked elements in Amadas et Ydoine -- Conclusion. |
| Series Title: | Penn State Romance studies. |
| Responsibility: | Laine E. Doggett. |
Abstract:
"Examines literary portrayals of women who practice healing and love magic, and argues that these figures were modeled on informally trained practitioners common in the magico-medical paradigm of the high Middle Ages, and were well-respected and successful"--Provided by publisher.
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