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Book SynopsisTable of Contents*FrontMatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. vii*List of Abbreviations, pg. ix*Author's Introduction, pg. xi*Historical Criticism, pg. 1*The Doctrine of Charity in Medieval Literary Gardens: A Topical Approach Through Symbolism and Allegory, pg. 21*Some Medieval Literary Terminology, with Special Reference to Chretien de Troyes, pg. 51*Some Observations on Method in Literary Studies, pg. 73*The Allegorist and the Aesthetician, pg. 85*Certain Theological Conventions in Mannyng's Treatment of the Commandments, pg. 105*Frequency of Preaching in Thirteenth Century England, pg. 114*Two Poems from the Carmina Burana, pg. 131*Five Poems by Marcabru, pg. 151*The Partitura Amorosa of Jean de Savoie, pg. 166*Chretien's Cliges and the Ovidian Spirit, pg. 173*The Idea of Fame in Chretien's Cliges, pg. 183*Love Conventions in Marie's Equitan, pg. 202*The Pearl as Symbol, pg. 209*The "Heresy" of The Pearl, pg. 215*The Question of Typology and the Wakefield Mactacio Abel, pg. 218*The Historical Setting of Chaucer's Book of the Duchess, pg. 235*The Concept of Courtly Love as an Impediment to the Understanding of Medieval Texts, pg. 257*Chaucer's Franklin and his Tale, pg. 273*Some Disputed Chaucerian Terminology, pg. 291*In Foraminibus Petrae: A Note on Leonardo's "Virgin of the Rocks", pg. 305*Sidney's Metaphor of the Ulcer, pg. 308*A Medievalist Looks at Hamlet, pg. 312*Pope and Boethius, pg. 332*Notes, pg. 341*Bibliography, pg. 383*Index, pg. 385