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Letters and Other Writings

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The most comprehensive compilation of the works of Abelard and Heloise ever presented in a single volume in English, The Letters and Other Writings features an accurate and stylistically faithful new translation of both The Calamities of Peter Abelard and the remarkable letters it sparked between the ill-fated twelfth-century philosopher and his brilliant former student and lover—an exchange whose intellectual passion, formal virtuosity, and psychological drama distinguish it as one of the most extraordinary correspondences in European history. Thanks to this edition, Latin-less readers will be better placed than ever to see why this undisputed milestone in the intellectual life ... Read more

In addition to the The Calamities and the letters--the first complete English translation of all seven in more than eighty years--this volume includes an Introduction, a map, and a chronology, Abelard's Confession of Faith, letters between Heloise and Peter the Venerable, the Introduction to The Questions of Heloise, and selected songs and poems by Abelard, among them a previously untranslated shaped poem, Open Wide Your Eyes. Extracts of lost letters sometimes ascribed to Abelard and Heloise are given in appendixes.

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Product Details

Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
356
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
Cambridge, MA, United States
ISBN
9780872208766
SKU
V9780872208766
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About Peter Abelard
William Levitan is Associate Professor of Classics, Grand Valley State University and a Fellow of the American Academy in Rome.

Reviews for Letters and Other Writings
This text has a tremendous advantage over the Penguin: its introduction is geared to smart undergrads, its notes are precise and helpful, and its translations are really readable. Plus the book's design is eminently satisfying. This text exemplifies the best combination of deep erudition and user/student-friendly features. I will use it again.
Louise M. Bishop, Clark Honors College, University of ... Read more

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