Love in Print in the Sixteenth Century explores the impact of print on conflicting cultural notions about romantic love in the sixteenth century. This popularization of romantic love led to profound transformations in the rhetoric, ideology, and social function of love - transformations that continue to shape cultural notions about love today.

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Ian Frederick Moulton is Professor of English at Arizona State University, USA.

Inhalt
Introduction: Love, The Book Market, and the Popularization of Romance 1. Baldassare Castiglione's Book of the Courtier : Love and Ideal Conduct 2. Mario Equicola's De Natura d'amore : Love and Knowledge 3. Antonio Tagliente's Opera amorosa : Love and Letterwriting 4. Jacques Ferrand's On Lovesickness : Love and Medicine Conclusion: Romeo + Juliet Bibliography