'la Belle Dame Qui Eust Mercy' and 'le Dialogue d'Amoureux Et de Sa Dame': A Critical Edition and English Translation of Two Anonymous Late-Medieval French Amorous Debate Poems
'la Belle Dame Qui Eust Mercy' and 'le Dialogue d'Amoureux Et de Sa Dame': A Critical Edition and English Translation of Two Anonymous Late-Medieval French Amorous Debate Poems
La Belle Dame qui eust mercy and Le Dialogue d'amoureux et de sa dame are two late-medieval poems in which a courtly gentleman and lady debate the merits of his pleas for her affections. In both cases, the lady is recalcitrant, dismissing her suitor's lovesickness as a trifle, denying that she ever gave any sign of encouragement.
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La Belle Dame qui eust mercy and Le Dialogue d'amoureux et de sa dame are two late-medieval poems in which a courtly gentleman and lady debate the merits of his pleas for her affections. In both cases, the lady is recalcitrant, dismissing her suitor's lovesickness as a trifle, denying that she ever gave any sign of encouragement.
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