The Letters of Abelard and Heloise - Paperback
by Peter Abelard, Héloïse
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Availability:In StockContributor:Peter Abelard, Héloïse, Betty Radice (Translator)Series:Penguin ClassicsAudience:Young AdultPublish date:2004-04-27Pages:384
Language:EnglishPublisher:Penguin GroupISBN-13:9780140448993ISBN-10:140448993UPC:9780140448993Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, Literary CollectionsBook Subcategory:Historical, Religious, LettersSize:7.70 x 5.00 x 0.90 inchesWeight:0.6504Product ID:SCX7TFHTSD
The Letters of Abelard and Heloise
Through the letters between Abelard and Heloise, we follow the path of their 12th-century romance, from its reckless and ecstatic beginnings when Heloise became Abelard's pupil, through the suffering of public scandal and enforced secret marriage, to their eventual separation. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world....
Series: Penguin Classics
Audience: Young Adult
Language:EnglishPublisher:Penguin GroupISBN-13:9780140448993ISBN-10:140448993UPC:9780140448993Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, Literary CollectionsBook Subcategory:Historical, Religious, LettersSize:7.70 x 5.00 x 0.90 inchesWeight:0.6504Product ID:SCX7TFHTSD
Peter Abelard was a French philosopher and the greatest logician of the 12th century. He taught in Paris, where Heloise was his pupil. After the tragic end of their marriage, she became a nun and he a monk. Betty Radice was the editor of the Penguin Classics during the 1960s and 70s and an acclaimed translator from Latin, Greek & Italian. Michael Clanchy researches at the Institute of...
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