Sadlek, Gregory M.,  1950- <br/><br/>
Idleness working  the discourse of love's labor from Ovid through Chaucer and Gower /  [electronic resource] : 
Gregory M. Sadlek. 
 - Washington, D.C. :  Catholic University of America Press,  c2004. 
 - xii, 298 p. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-281) and indexes. 
<br/><br/>The discourse of love's labor and its cultural contexts -- Labor omnia vincit: Roman attitudes toward work and leisure and the discourse of love's labor in Ovid's Ars amatoria -- Noble servitium: aspects of labor ideology in the Christian middle ages and love's labor in the De amore of Andreas Capellanus -- Homo artifex: monastic labor ideologies, urban labor, and love's labor in Alan of Lille's De planctu naturae -- Repose travaillant: the discourse of love's labor in the Roman de la rose -- The vice of Acedia and the gentil occupacion in Gower's Confessio amantis -- Love's bysynesse in Chaucer's amatory fiction. 
<br/><br/><br/>Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400 --Criticism and interpretation.<br/>Guillaume, de Lorris,  fl. 1230.  Roman de la rose. <br/>Alanus, de Insulis,  d. 1202.  De planctu naturae. <br/>Andre, le chapelain.  De amore et amoris remedio. <br/>Gower, John, 1325?-1408.  Confessio amantis. <br/>Ovid, 43 B.C.-17 or 18 A.D.  Ars amatoria. <br/>Ovid, 43 B.C.-17 or 18 A.D. --Influence.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Literature, Medieval--History and criticism.<br/>Literature, Medieval--Roman influences.<br/>Love in literature.<br/>Work in literature.
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<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PN682.L68  / S24 2004 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>809/.933543