North Carolina Studies in the Romance Languages and Literatures Series

L'amour lointain de Jaufre Rudel et le sens de la poesie des troubadours

by Leo Spitzer

Published 1 January 1944

Spitzer, refuting ideas set forth by Grace Frank, redefines l'amour lointain as the result of the ""paradox amoureux,"" which is the base of all troubadour poetry. This is a forty-four page article with extensive notes.