The Letters of Heloise and Abelard: A Translation of Their Collected Correspondence and Related Writings (The New Middle Ages)

McLaughlin, M. [Editor]; Wheeler, B. [Editor];

ISBN 10: 1137413646 / ISBN 13: 9781137413642

Published by Palgrave Macmillan, 2014

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Letters of Heloise and Abelard: A Translation of Their Collected Correspondence and Related Writings (The New Middle Ages)
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1137413646
• ISBN 13: 9781137413642
• Binding: paperback
• Condition: Good
• Weight: 19 ounces

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Synopsis

The letters of Heloise and Abelard will remain one of the great, romantic and intellectual documents of human civilization while they, themselves, are probably second only to Romeo and Juliet in the fame accrued by tragic lovers. Here for the first time in Mart Martin McLaughlin's edition is the complete correspendence with commentary.

About the Author

Bonnie Wheeler teaches at Southern Methodist University, USA where she directs the Medieval Studies Program. She has edited and co-edited fourteen books, among them "Heloise and the Paraclete" (with Mary Martin McLaughlin). She is the series editor for "The New Middle Ages,"the executive editor of "Arthuriana" and President of the Council of Editors of Learned Journals.