Examining the emergence of the versified love story as a genre of New Persian literature in the early eleventh century, Love at a Crux situates this literary movement within the broader global history of romance.
Examining the emergence of the versified love story as a genre of New Persian literature in the early eleventh century, Love at a Crux situates this literary movement within the broader global history of romance.
Cameron Cross is an assistant professor of Iranian studies at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
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Reader’s Notes Prologue: In Which Love Has Many a Tale A Heterogeneous Text Re-congnizing Romance The Medieval Globe Mythos and Ethos Love at a Crux 1. Phantasy: The Rise of Romance An Act of Creation Legends and Legerdemain Heroic Lives and Amorous Tales By Way of Symbol Why Read Romance? Like Kingly Pearls 2. Ethics: An Affair of Conscience The Ethos of Romantic Love Conflicting Signals and False Starts Vis Unveiled From Media to Marv: A Tale of Three Seductions A New Covenant 3. Authority: The Prisoner of His Skin "All Kings Were His Slaves" Beholding Mehr The Sacred Bond The Iron Band Un/knowing the Truth Smashing the Mirror "The World is a Dream" 4. Affect: The Limits of Lyric Lyrics, Episodes, and Adventure-Time Episode 1 Mode-Switching Episode 2 Lyrical Reality Episode 3The Mirror of the Self Episode 4 A Crisis of Authority Breakdown and Breakup The Final Word 5. History: The Death of Romantic Love Transcribing the Soul Love-Death (Liebestod) False Death (Scheintod) Endings and Beginnings Epilogue Acknowledgments Appendices Appendix A: A Summary of Vis & R min Exordium From Media to Marv A King’s Collapse Vis and R min Separate Death and Deliverance Appendix B: R min’s Songs R min Falls in Love R min Woos Vis Episode 1: The Ordeal Episode 2: The Bed-Trick Episode 3: The Devil’s Grotto Episode 4: The Garden The Breakup The Coup Appendix C: Concordance Bibliography Index
Reader’s Notes Prologue: In Which Love Has Many a Tale A Heterogeneous Text Re-congnizing Romance The Medieval Globe Mythos and Ethos Love at a Crux 1. Phantasy: The Rise of Romance An Act of Creation Legends and Legerdemain Heroic Lives and Amorous Tales By Way of Symbol Why Read Romance? Like Kingly Pearls 2. Ethics: An Affair of Conscience The Ethos of Romantic Love Conflicting Signals and False Starts Vis Unveiled From Media to Marv: A Tale of Three Seductions A New Covenant 3. Authority: The Prisoner of His Skin "All Kings Were His Slaves" Beholding Mehr The Sacred Bond The Iron Band Un/knowing the Truth Smashing the Mirror "The World is a Dream" 4. Affect: The Limits of Lyric Lyrics, Episodes, and Adventure-Time Episode 1 Mode-Switching Episode 2 Lyrical Reality Episode 3The Mirror of the Self Episode 4 A Crisis of Authority Breakdown and Breakup The Final Word 5. History: The Death of Romantic Love Transcribing the Soul Love-Death (Liebestod) False Death (Scheintod) Endings and Beginnings Epilogue Acknowledgments Appendices Appendix A: A Summary of Vis & R min Exordium From Media to Marv A King’s Collapse Vis and R min Separate Death and Deliverance Appendix B: R min’s Songs R min Falls in Love R min Woos Vis Episode 1: The Ordeal Episode 2: The Bed-Trick Episode 3: The Devil’s Grotto Episode 4: The Garden The Breakup The Coup Appendix C: Concordance Bibliography Index
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