{"product_id":"the-arts-of-friendship-9789004100183","title":"The Arts of Friendship","description":"\u003ci\u003eThe Arts of Friendship\u003c\/i\u003e focusses on literary representations of three categories of ideal friendship — Christian, chivalric, and humanistic — and the writers' strategies of establishing the ethical authority of their contemporary friends and codes on a par with antiquity's \u003ci\u003eamicitia perfecta\u003c\/i\u003e. The study identifies the extent to which writers acknowledged women as perfect friends.\u003cbr\u003eThe selected texts under examination include, among others, hagiographies, works of Bernard of Clairvaux and Aelred of Rievaulx, \u003ci\u003eThe Quest of the Holy Grail\u003c\/i\u003e, Thomas' \u003ci\u003eTristan\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eProse Lancelot\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAmi and Amile\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eDecameron\u003c\/i\u003e, and L.B. Alberti's \u003ci\u003eDell'amicizia\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003eLiterary comparatists and historians, ethical historians, and students of rhetoric will find of interest the comparative study of the rhetorical topos of perfect friendship, the varied ethical criteria inherent there, and the writers' strategies for representing and authorizing an idea.","brand":"Reginald Hyatte","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48269501497595,"sku":"9789004100183","price":174.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/3917\/9771\/files\/CoreSourceHub_4f29193a-86fa-471c-ba6b-487b8977b19f.jpg?v=1770951048","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/the-arts-of-friendship-9789004100183","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}