El libro del corazón de amor prendido

by René d'Anjou

Rare book

Genres: Literature, France, French Literature, Classics, Fiction

174 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1999

About the author

René I of Anjou was Duke of Anjou and Count of Provence from 1434 to 1480, who also reigned as King of Naples from 1435 to 1442 (then deposed). Having spent his last years in Aix-en-Provence, he is known in France as the Good King René (Occitan: Rei Rainièr lo Bòn; French: Le bon roi René).

René was a member of the House of Valois-Anjou, a cadet branch of the French royal house, and the great-grandson of John II of France. He was a prince of the blood, and for most of his adult life also the brother-in-law of the reigning king Charles VII of France. Other than the aforementioned titles, he was also Duke of Bar from the 1420s onwards and Duke of Lorraine from 1431 to 1453.

Reviews

[Yann · Rating 4 out of 5]

René d'Anjou, l'auteur, roi d'Anjou, de Provence et de Jérusalem, fut un contemporain du cauteleux Louis XI, mais moins rusé politicien. Plus féru d'art et de littérature, il rédigea entre autre ce récit dont le héros est son propre coeur, qui rencontre dans une quête dont les codes rappelle les romans de chevalerie, des sentiments personnifiés, comme le désir, la jalousie, le souci, la persévérance. Au terme de ce voyage qui le conduit dans une île, il trouve l'hôpital d'amour ou gisent tous les amants malheureux mais sincères, comme César (et Cléopatre), Samson (et Dalida), etc... . Cette édition est ornée par de superbes reproductions des enluminures présentes dans les exemplaires de la BNF.

[Lup le Lup]

Tout ça pour pas que cœur pecho douce merci 😔

[claudia · Rating 3 out of 5]

people who write bad reviews of this book just don't understand medieval novels. Cuer (allegory of d'anjou's heart) is a failed knight followed by Désir. As they fail almost everything d'Anjou starts writing about literature, its goal. The fact that it shares the story of a flawed knights criticises the traditional novels of the time. It suggests that literature can write about something else, everything has been said already. also it is comic and fun to read once you understand what's happening.

[Lilou🍓 · Rating 2 out of 5]

point positif : les chapitres sont courts