The Nature of Love

Courtly and Romantic

Irving Singer, Irving Singer

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English

Massachusetts Inst of Tec
20 February 2009

Philosophy; Western philosophy: Medieval & Renaissance, c 500 to c 1600

Series: The Nature of Love

An examination of ideas and ideals of medieval courtly love and the transition into later Romantic love, analyzing the work of Dante, Shakespeare, and Schopenhauer, among many others.

Review), ""monumental"" (Boston Globe), ""one of the major works of philosophy in our century"" (Nous), ""wise and magisterial"" (Times Literary Supplement), and a ""masterpiece of critical thinking

that

is a timely, eloquent, and scrupulous account of what, after all, still makes the world go round"" (Christian Science Monitor).

In the second volume, Singer studies the ideas and ideals of medieval courtly love and nineteenth-century Romantic love, as well as the transition between these two perspectives. According to the traditions of courtly love in the twelfth century and thereafter, not only God but also human beings in themselves are capable of authentic love. The pursuit of love between man and woman was seen as a splendid ideal that ennobles both the lover and the beloved. It was something more than libidinal sexuality and involved sophisticated and highly refined courtliness that emulated religious love in its ability to create a holy union between the participants. Adherents to Romantic love in later centuries, affirmed the capacity of love to effect a merging between two people who thus became one. Singer analyzes the transition from courtly to Romantic by reference to the writings of many artists beginning with Dante and ending with Richard Wagner, as well as Neoplatonist philosophers of the Italian Renaissance, Descartes, Spinoza, Rousseau, Hume, Kant, Hegel, and Schopenhauer. In relation to romanticism itself, he distinguishes between two aspects-""benign romanticism"" and ""Romantic pessimism""-that took on renewed importance in the twentieth century.

By: Irving Singer
Series edited by: Irving Singer
Imprint: Massachusetts Inst of Tec
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 32mm
Weight: 726g
ISBN: 9780262512732
ISBN 10: 0262512734
Series: The Nature of Love
Pages: 538
Publication Date: 20 February 2009
Recommended Age: From 18 years
Audience: College/higher education , General/trade , Primary , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Irving Singer is Professor of Philosophy at MIT. In addition to his two trilogies, The Nature of Love and Meaning in Life, he is the author of many other books, including the recent Philosophy of Love: A Partial Summing-Up, and four books on film aesthetics, Reality Transformed: Film as Meaning and Technique; Three Philosophical Filmmakers: Hitchcock, Welles, Renoir; Ingmar Bergman, Cinematic Philosopher: Reflections on His Creativity; and Cinematic Mythmaking: Philosophy in Film, all published by the MIT Press.

Reviews for The Nature of Love: Courtly and Romantic

"""Majestic."" -- New York Times Book Review ""Monumental."" -- Boston Globe ""Wise and magisterial."" -- Times Literary Supplement ""One of the major works of philosophy in our century."" -- Nous"