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The Lost Love Letters of Heloise and Abelard

Perceptions of Dialogue in Twelfth-Century France

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  • © 2008

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Authors:
  1. Constant J. Mews
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Part of the book series: The New Middle Ages (TNMA)

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxi
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  2. Perceptions of Dialogue

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. The Discovery of a Manuscript

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      Pages 3-27

    3. Memories of an Affair

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      Pages 29-55

    4. Paris, the Schools, and the Politics of Sex

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      Pages 57-85

    5. Traditions of Dialogue

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      Pages 87-114

    6. The Language of the Love Letters

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      Pages 115-144

    7. The Voice of Heloise

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      Pages 145-177

    8. New Discoveries and Insights (1999–2007)

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      Pages 179-202

  3. From the Letters of Two Lovers

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      Pages 203-203
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    2. The Edition

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      Pages 205-214

    3. From the Letters of two Lovers

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      Pages 215-313

  4. Back Matter

    Pages 315-421
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About this book

This new edition offers fascinating insights into one of the most celebrated love affairs of the Middle Ages. A new chapter charts the debate about the letters and offers fresh evidence to attribute them to Abelard and Heloise. The complete Latin text is reproduced with an annotated translation by Chiavaroli and Mews.

Reviews

Reviews of the first edition:

'This book stands as a treasure trove of new information about Heloise, and Abelard too. . . This excellent edition allows us modern readers to interpret these medieval Latin letters for ourselves, and even to reconstruct the correspondence of Abelard and Heloise.' - Michael Clanchy in The Times Literary Supplement

'A thorough, sympathetic appraisal of the [letters] . . . By restoring this magnificent literary dialogue to its rightful place in Latin letters, Mews has performed a signal service not only for scholars of Abelard and Heloise, but for all who love literature.' -The Medieval Review

'Important for Medievalists, feminists, and those captivated by the Heloise and Abelard myth; highly recommended.' - Library Journal

About the author


CONSTANT MEWS is Professor, School of Historical Studies and Director of the Centre for Studies in Religion and Theology, Monash University, Australia.
NEVILLE CHIAVAROLI is a latinist and professional translator, University of Melbourne, Australia
 

 

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