The Medieval Erotic Alba: Structure as Meaning (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781583482766)

This study focuses on the alba and attempts to understand its techniques and meanings not only in its own terms but also for the light of understanding it throws on other forms of medieval lyric and their later derivatives. Dr. Saville suggests that certain structures of the imagination which find expression in the medieval alba are characteristic of the medieval mind in general and may be detected in the other manifestations of medieval culture, including theology, the visual arts, and certain aspects of everyday life.

Author: Jonathan Seville
ISBN-10: 1583482768
ISBN-13: 9781583482766
Publisher: iUniverse
Language: English
Published: 01/01/1999
Pages: 340
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.99lbs
Size: 8.56h x 5.51w x 0.83d