L’Amour et l’Occident
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L’Amour et l’Occident is Denis de Rougemont’s influential 1939 study of Western notions of romantic love, especially the tradition of passionate but often tragic love rooted in medieval courtly literature.
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| instanceOf |
book
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cultural history study ⓘ literary criticism ⓘ |
| arguesThat |
Western passion-love has roots in medieval Cathar and troubadour culture
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Western romantic love ideal is linked to a desire for suffering ⓘ Western romantic love ideal is often opposed to stable marriage ⓘ courtly love is structurally adulterous ⓘ |
| author | Denis de Rougemont NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Switzerland ⓘ |
| examines |
heretical traditions in Western love
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individualism in Western love ⓘ notions of romantic love in the West ⓘ relationship between love and death ⓘ relationship between love and marriage ⓘ religious roots of romantic passion ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
courtly love poetry
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myth of Tristan and Iseult NERFINISHED ⓘ tradition of passionate love ⓘ tragic love ⓘ troubadour tradition ⓘ |
| genre |
literary theory
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philosophy of love ⓘ |
| hasTranslation | Love in the Western World NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
cultural history of the West
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literary criticism of courtly love ⓘ studies of romantic love ⓘ |
| literaryTraditionDiscussed |
French courtly romance
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German medieval literature ⓘ Occitan troubadour poetry ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Western culture
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courtly love ⓘ medieval literature ⓘ romantic love ⓘ |
| notableFor |
influence on 20th-century debates about love and marriage
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linking romantic love to religious heresy ⓘ theory of passion-love as anti-marriage ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | French ⓘ |
| periodDiscussed |
Middle Ages
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modern Western society ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1939 ⓘ |
| translatedInto | English ⓘ |
| usesMethod |
comparative literature
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historical analysis ⓘ psychological interpretation ⓘ theological interpretation ⓘ |
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