9781403967701ts01.qxd 20-4-07 05:52 PM Page i ANDREAS CAPELLANUS ON LOVE? 9781403967701ts01.qxd 20-4-07 05:52 PM Page ii STUDIES IN ARTHURIAN AND COURTLY CULTURES The dynamic field of Arthurian Studies is the subject for this book series, Studies in Arthurian and Courtly Cultures, which explores the great variety of literary and cultural expression inspired by the lore of King Arthur, the Round Table, and the Grail. In forms that range from medieval chronicles to popular films, from chivalric romances to contemporary comics, from magic realism to feminist fantasy—and from the sixth through the twenty-first centuries—few literary subjects provide such fertile ground for cultural elaboration. Including works in literary criticism, cultural studies, and history, Studies in Arthurian and Courtly Cultureshighlights the most significant new Arthurian Studies. Bonnie Wheeler, Southern Methodist University Series Editor Editorial Board: James Carley, York University Jeffrey Jerome Cohen, George Washington University Virginie Greene, Harvard University Siân Echard, University of British Columbia Sharon Kinoshita, University of California, Santa Cruz Alan Lupack, University of Rochester Andrew Lynch, University of Western Australia 9781403967701ts01.qxd 20-4-07 05:52 PM Page iii ANDREAS CAPELLANUS ON LOVE? DESIRE, SEDUCTION, AND SUBVERSION IN A TWELFTH-CENTURY LATIN TEXT Kathleen Andersen-Wyman 9781403967701ts01.qxd 20-4-07 05:52 PM Page iv ANDREASCAPELLANUSONLOVE? © Kathleen Andersen-Wyman, 2007. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproducedin any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the case ofbrief quotations embodied in critical articles or reviews. First published in 2007 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN™ 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010 and Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire, England RG21 6XS Companies and representatives throughout the world. PALGRAVE MACMILLAN is the global academic imprint of the Palgrave Macmillan division of St. Martin’s Press, LLC and of Palgrave Macmillan Ltd. Macmillan® is a registered trademark in the United States, United Kingdom and other countries. Palgrave is a registered trademark in the European Union and other countries. ISBN-13: 978–1–4039–6770–1 ISBN-10: 1–4039–6770–9 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Andersen-Wyman, Kathleen. Andreas Capellanus on love? : desire, seduction, and subversion in a twelfth-century Latin text / Kathleen Andersen-Wyman. p. cm.—(Studies in Arthurian & courtly cultures) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 1–4039–6770–9 (alk. paper) 1. André, le chapelain. De amore libri tres. I. Title. PA8250.A236Z6 2007 809(cid:2).933543—dc22 2007060045 A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. Design by Newgen Imaging Systems (P) Ltd., Chennai, India. First edition: July 2007 10987654321 Printed in the United States of America. 9781403967701ts01.qxd 20-4-07 05:52 PM Page v To Lawrence B. Andersen This page intentionally left blank 9781403967701ts01.qxd 20-4-07 05:52 PM Page vii CONTENTS Acknowledgments ix Preface xi Introduction 1 The Difficulty of Reading Andreas’s Text 4 Readership and Historical Context 7 The Critics 18 My Approach 25 Outline 29 Note on Translations and Manuscript Edition 33 I Fish or Fowl (or, Is There a Genre in This Text?) 35 Transgressing the Boundaries of Grammar, Logic, and Rhetoric 36 Genre Trouble, Reading Instructions, and Other Formalities 40 Deconstructing Gender and Culture: A Reading of the First Five Chapters 48 II Repetition in Andreas’s Text 67 How Repetition in Andreas’s Text Subverts Social Hierarchies 70 How Repetition in Andreas’s Text Subverts Religion 90 III On Clerical Intertexts and the Subversion of Seduction 113 Author/ity 116 Positions of Mastery and the Rhetoric of Eros 131 Seduction and Critical Distance 140 On Confessio and the Charm of Free Choice 149 9781403967701ts01.qxd 20-4-07 05:52 PM Page viii VIII CONTENTS IV Andreas and Walter 159 Andreas’s Desire Uncovered 160 Identities 173 Readership 181 Feminine Desire and the Transgendered Agents of Andreas’s Text 188 V Andreas on Women 201 On the Discourse of Misogyny 202 Women’s Religion 226 Notes 237 Bibliography 253 Author Index 267 Subject Index 269 9781403967701ts01.qxd 20-4-07 05:52 PM Page ix ACKNOWLEDGMENTS This book was made possible in part by an Idaho Humanities Council Fellowship from the NEH (National Endowment for the Humanities), which allowed the research and writing of the final chapter to be completed. I would also like to thank Christopher Jones for his careful reading and useful criticism, especially with respect to the Latin translations and transcriptions and for asking useful and challenging questions about theory. I would also like to thank Jennifer Attebery for the significant per- sonal and professional support. Many thanks are due H. Marshall Leicester, whose creative approaches to literature have been formative, and Jane Chance, whose example, moral support, and practical suggestions are of inestimable value. Many thanks also go to Bonnie Wheeler, whose enthu- siasm, intelligent comments, and humane interactions as an editor made the publication process pleasurable. This book would not have been possible at all without the hard work of Dana Andersen-Wyman, whose hours in the kitchen, the yard, the laundry room, and the nursery are worth more money than I care to tally; and thanks to Dana, too, for always finding a way to make hard things look easy. My gratitude also goes to Lawrence and Naomi Andersen for their continual encouragement and example.