Description: Abelard was one of the greatest thinkers of the 12th century, a man of towering brilliance and arrogance, but his poetic works written late in life for his wife Heloise and son Astrolabe reveal a different and more humble man. In the "Planctus" (six laments in the voices of Old Testament figures) and "Carmen ad Astralabium" (a poem of paternal advice) we see a man newly coming to terms with the life around him, expressing a simple but heartfelt piety, raging against social injustices and the exploitation of the poor, and re-evaluating the importance of rhetoric and education. Most significantly, we find a man struggling to comprehend, through poems written to the wife and child he abandoned, the divine mysteries of love, relationships and family.
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EAN: 9780312240028
UPC: 9780312240028
ISBN: 9780312240028
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Item Length: 23.6 cm
Book Title: The Repentant Abelard: Family, Gender, and Ethics in Peter Abelard's Carmen ad Astralabium and Planctus
Item Height: 235mm
Item Width: 155mm
Author: J. Ruys
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Topic: Literature, History
Publisher: Palgrave USA
Publication Year: 2014
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 6801g
Number of Pages: 355 Pages
