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The Letters of Abelard and Heloise (Penguin Classics)
The story of Abelard and Heloise remains one of the world’s most dramatic and well-known love affairs It is told through the letters of French philosopher Peter Abelard and his gifted pupil Heloise. Through their impassioned writings unfolds the story of a romance, from its reckless, ecstatic beginnings to the public scandal, enforced secret marriage, and devastating consequences that followed. These eloquent and intimate letters express a vast range of emotions from adoration and devotion to reproach, indignation, and grief, and offer a fascinating insight into religious life in the Middle Ages..
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Abelard and Heloise
"Josephine Jones had seven cats/ Who wore fine collars and silk cravats / And all of the cats were Siamese/ But Abelard and Heloise " Thus begins the children's book Abelard and Heloise, a story about two scruffy animal shelter rescuees that become rescuers on a cold Christmas eve. Written as a children's poem by author Wendy Waite, Abelard and Heloise was originally published in Wendy Waite Collected Works in 2006. Subsequently, it was lovingly illustrated with original watercolors by Dana Stratton and made into a book for children six years and older. The story line involves the cats Abelard and Heloise that were rescued from the shelter by Josephine Jones, but have to take a "back seat" to her five Siamese cats. Abelard and Heloise live in the basement and make do with a laundry basket for a bed while the Siamese cats live comfortably upstairs in the main house. On Christmas eve, the newest Siamese kitten, Siru, slips out of the house while no one is watching and gets stuck in snow. Only the two basement cats can hear her cries. Abelard and Heloise slip out of the basement and rescue Siru, staying with the kitten all night. The next morning, to the delight of the Josephine Jones household, Siru is fine and Abelard and Heloise become part of the "upstairs cats." This book was written and illustrated to create a children's book with a "traditional" feel to it. The verse is in rhyming couplets that are fun for children to read out loud. .
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Ethical Writings: 'Ethics' and 'Dialogue Between a Philosopher, a Jew and a Christian'
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Heloise & Abelard: A New Biography (Plus)
New Revelations about One of the Greatest Romances in History Peter Abelard was arguably the greatest poet, philosopher, and religious teacher in all of twelfth-century Europe. In an age when women were rarely educated, Heloise was his most gifted young student. Their private tutoring sessions inevitably turned to passion, and their moments apart were spent writing love letters. Astoundingly, a few years ago a young scholar identified 113 new love letters between the pair which, combined with the latest scholarship, present us with the richest telling yet of the couple's clandestine passion -- a story that is erotic, poignant, and at times even funny. .
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Abelard & Heloise: The Letters and Other Writings
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 of medieval France is also a masterpiece of Western literature. 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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Invisibility & Levitation : A How To Guide To Personal Performance
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