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Originally published in 1538, The Torments of Love tells the story of the ill-starred love affair of the heroine, Helisenne, and her paramour, Guenelic. The first part relates the tale of Helisenne's happy marriage and her sudden adulterous desire for Guenelic, a desire so overwhelming that her husband, in desperation, imprisons her in a tower. Helisenne writes The Torments of Love as a missive to her lover, hoping it will fall into his hands and he will come to her rescue. Part two tells the story of Guenelic's adventures as he and his partner in derring-do, Quezinstra, search across Europe for Helisenne's prison. The novel concludes with Quezinstra's narration of the fate of Helisenne and Guenelic.
This edition is the first English translation and the only complete version of this lost masterwork currently in print in any language.
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About the Author
Neal received her PhD in French from the University of California-Berkeley. She works as a writer and translator.
Steven Rendall is the author of many studies on French literature and literary theory, and the translator of more than two dozen books from French and German. He currently lives in France.
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Text: English (translation)
Original Language: French
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- PublisherUniv Of Minnesota Press
- Publication date1996
- ISBN 10 0816627886
- ISBN 13 9780816627882
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages240
- EditorNeal Lisa
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The Torments of Love. Three Parts in one Volume.
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Condition: new. Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press,1996. Hardcover. xxxiii,204p. Ed.& Introd.: Lisa Neal. Transl.(french): Lisa Neal & Steven Randall. Bibliography. The first edition of this work: "Les Angoysses douloureuses qui procedent d'amours" was in 1538. In 1560 already eight editions had appeared. Briet wrote three other works soon after her first book. "Marguerite Briet, like her predecessor Christine de Pizan, enumerates illustrious women from antiquity through the Middle Ages in order to point to the errors of men who deny women the right to pursue their interests." (Mustacchi & Archambault, 1986). Condition : new copy. ISBN 9780816627882. Keywords : LITERARY CRITICISM, French literature. Seller Inventory # 110744
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