Idleness working : the discourse of love's labor from Ovid through Chaucer and Gower / Gregory M. Sadlek.

Contents The discourse of love's labor and its cultural contexts -- Labor omnia vincit: Roman attitudes toward work and leisure and the discourse of love's labor in Ovid's Ars amatoria -- Noble servitium: aspects of labor ideology in the Christian middle ages and love's labor in the De amore of Andreas Capellanus -- Homo artifex: monastic labor ideologies, urban labor, and love's labor in Alan of Lille's De planctu naturae -- Repose travaillant: the discourse of love's labor in the Roman de la rose -- The vice of Acedia and the gentil occupacion in Gower's Confessio amantis -- Love's bysinesse in Chaucer's amatory fiction.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 267-281) and indexes.
LCCN 2003018202
ISBN0813213738 (alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks PN682.L68 S24 2004 ✔ Available Place Hold