The Medieval Erotic Alba : Structure As Meaning
New York: Columbia Univ Pr, 1972. First edition. Hardcover. First edition. Hardcover. 315 pp. with index, bibliography. A study of the form of lyric poetry known as the "alba", a form which first made its appearance in Southern France in the mid-12th century and rapidly spread to the other countries of medieval Europe. The plot was always similar: the ecstatic love-making of a knight and a lady (not his wife) is interrupted by the dawn, signalled by bird song or the call of a watchman. The lovers must part, the knight going off into the world while the lady remains behind in anguish. Fine in dust jacket with fade to the spine. Fine / very good. Item #E12251
ISBN: 9780231035699
Price: $20.00