{"product_id":"love-and-virtue-in-middle-english-and-middle-scots-poetry-9783631861738","title":"Love and Virtue in Middle English and Middle","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book provides the first comprehensive study of love and ethics in Middle English and Middle Scots poems written at the close of the Middle Ages by Geoffrey Chaucer, James I, Robert Henryson, William Dunbar, and Gavin Douglas. It shows that medieval poems often reveal a pattern in which an individual moves from selfish to selfless concerns, and how this movement is incited by love, while fulfilled through virtue. By taking into account the English and Scottish cultural contexts, as well as other traditions of writing, the book shows how the ideas on human well-being were disseminated and adjusted to meet cultural changes. In this, the book contributes to a discussion on what constitutes “mindful” or “virtuous” living, a discussion that is as relevant today as it was in the Middle Ages.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eLove and Moral Perfection\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLove and Reason. \u003ci\u003eThe Romaunt of the Rose\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Goldyn Targe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eLove and Necessity. Chaucer’s Boethian Poems, \u003ci\u003eThe Kingis Quair\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eLove and Honor. \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eHouse of Fame\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003ePalis of Honoure\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eLove and the Common Good. \u003ci\u003eThe Parliament of Fowls\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Thrissill and the Rois\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Virtue of Love. \u003ci\u003eTroilus and Criseyde\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Testament of Cresseid\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Peter Lang AG","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51044536123735,"sku":"9783631861738","price":38.07,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/love-and-virtue-in-middle-english-and-middle-scots-poetry-9783631861738","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}