Heloise and Abelard Still Inspire Lovers

Submitted by Milica on Fri, 2005-02-25 17:55
An essay in the New York Times by Cristina Nehring discusses five books on Heloise and Abelard.

The essay discusses the love affair between student and teacher in the following sources:

  • HELOISE AND ABELARD
    A New Biography.
    By James Burge.
    HarperSanFrancisco, $24.95.
  • FAREWELL, MY ONLY ONE
    By Antoine Audouard. Translated by Euan Cameron.
    Houghton Mifflin, $24.
  • ABELARD AND HELOISE
    By Constant J. Mews.
    Oxford University, cloth, $74; paper, $24.95.
  • THE LETTERS OF ABELARD AND HELOISE
    Translated With an Introduction and Notes by Betty Radice. Revised by M. T. Clanchy.
    Penguin, paper, $14.
  • THE LOST LETTERS OF HELOISE AND ABELARD
    Perceptions of Dialogue in Twelfth-Century France.
    By Constant J. Mews. With Translations by Neville Chiavaroli and Constant J. Mews.
    Palgrave Macmillan, cloth, $75; paper, $24.95.