The Arrow of Love: Optics, Gender, and Subjectivity in Medieval Love PoetryAs medieval poets sought new ways to describe visual interactions, many turned to the rapidly growing field of optical theory, which offered not only an array of images and metaphors but also models for the perceiving subject that could be adapted to poetic use. In particular, optical imagery and paradigms afforded poets a new approach to the roles of the languishing male and his powerful beloved."--BOOK JACKET. |
Contents
Acknowledgments | 9 |
Vision and | 33 |
Languishing Lovers at the Court of Frederick II | 49 |
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The Arrow of Love: Optics, Gender, and Subjectivity in Medieval Love Poetry Dana E. Stewart No preview available - 2003 |
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Agamben Alexander Alhacen Amor Andreas Capellanus anima Aristotelian optical theory Aristotle arrow of Love Arthurian Romance Averroes Bacon beauty beloved beloved's eyes Cambridge chapter Chrétien de Troyes Cligés Convivio Cupid's arrow d'amore Dante dart David Lindberg discussion donna Donne Durling and Martinez extramission eye beams faculties figure Galeno-Platonic Giacomo da Lentini glance Guido Cavalcanti Haidu heart Ibid imagery imagination intromission John Pecham lady's eyes languishing lover lantern light Lindberg look lyric lover male gaze Medieval Optics metaphor Michael Scot Middle Ages mirror object oc<c>hi occhi optical treatises pain Panvivi Parva Naturalia passage passive Pecham penetrates perception Perspectiva perspectivists Petrarch philosophical Platonic poem poet-lover poetic Poetry of Guido poets portray quod rays Rime della Scuola Roger Bacon scientific Scuola Siciliana sense sensu Sicilian School sight sonnet Soredamors soul stanza texts theme tion tradition trans translation troubadours University Press vedere vision visual spirit visus wounded