Letters of Abelard and Heloise
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| - | :The letters are partly available at [[Wikisource]] in an edition by [[Octave Gréard]] [http://fr.wikisource.org/wiki/Lettres_d%E2%80%99Ab%C3%A9lard_et_d%E2%80%99H%C3%A9lo%C3%AFse | ||
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| - | The '''''Letters of Heloise and Abelard''''' is a series of letters between French priest [[Peter Abelard]] and his female student [[Héloïse]] after their [[separation]] and his [[castration]]. These letters were also the inspiration for [[Alexander Pope]]'s poem "[[Eloisa to Abelard]]". | ||
| - | These letters are only known by posthumous copies which makes it impossible to ascertain their authenticity, no original copies of these letters exist. Yet even if other authors have been attributed to the letters, the name of [[Jean de Meung]] has cropped up, the letters' authenticity remain the most probable thesis. | + | The '''''Letters of Heloise and Abelard''''' are a series of letters between French priest [[Peter Abelard]] and his female student [[Héloïse d’Argenteuil]]. |
| - | '''''Eloisa to Abelard''''' is a poem by [[Alexander Pope]] (1688–1744) inspired by the 12th-century story of [[Heloise (abbess)|Héloïse]]'s illicit love for, and secret marriage to, her teacher [[Pierre Abélard]], perhaps the most popular teacher and philosopher in Paris, and the brutal vengeance her family exacts when they [[Castration|castrate]] him, not realizing that the lovers had married. | + | There are two time periods in this correspondence, the first, only recently discovered, are the so-called ''[[epistolae duorum amantium]]. |
| + | The second period of letters comes after the publication of ''[[Historia Calamitatum]]'', the story of the Abelard's misfortunes as told by himself, and consists of six letters. The first of them is entitled 'Abelard to Philintus' and is followed by a letter from Heloise to Abelard and an answer by Abelard. After this Heloise writes two more letters and finally receives a last answer. The letters were written in Latin. | ||
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| + | The letters are only known by posthumous copies which makes it impossible to ascertain their authenticity, no original copies of these letters exist. The historicity of the letters is discussed at length by [[Constant Mews]]. | ||
| + | == Publication history == | ||
| + | The original Latin text was published in Paris in [[1616]], edited by [[François d'Amboise]], but it was only after the publication of a French translation of the correspondence in [[1693]] that they began to attract wide public attention. | ||
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| + | [[John Hughes (poet)|John Hughes]] (c. 1678-1720) translated the ''Letters of Abelard and Heloise'', in an edition preceded by a summary of their lives by [[Pierre Bayle]] (first published in 1713). | ||
| + | ===Public domain versions=== | ||
| + | There is a Wikisource version here[http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Letters_of_Ab%C3%A9lard_and_H%C3%A9lo%C3%AFse], edited by [[Israel Gollancz]] and [[Honnor Morten]] (1861-1913) in 1901, but Wikisource does not include the comments and introductions. However, Sacred-Texts has them here[http://www.sacred-texts.com/chr/aah/aah01.htm] | ||
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| + | ==See also== | ||
| + | *[[Epistolae duorum amantium]] | ||
| + | *[[Historia calamitatum]] | ||
| + | *[[Star-crossed]] | ||
| + | *[[Letters of Abelard and Heloise (John Hughes translation)]] | ||
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The Letters of Heloise and Abelard are a series of letters between French priest Peter Abelard and his female student Héloïse d’Argenteuil.
There are two time periods in this correspondence, the first, only recently discovered, are the so-called epistolae duorum amantium.
The second period of letters comes after the publication of Historia Calamitatum, the story of the Abelard's misfortunes as told by himself, and consists of six letters. The first of them is entitled 'Abelard to Philintus' and is followed by a letter from Heloise to Abelard and an answer by Abelard. After this Heloise writes two more letters and finally receives a last answer. The letters were written in Latin.
The letters are only known by posthumous copies which makes it impossible to ascertain their authenticity, no original copies of these letters exist. The historicity of the letters is discussed at length by Constant Mews.
Publication history
The original Latin text was published in Paris in 1616, edited by François d'Amboise, but it was only after the publication of a French translation of the correspondence in 1693 that they began to attract wide public attention.
John Hughes (c. 1678-1720) translated the Letters of Abelard and Heloise, in an edition preceded by a summary of their lives by Pierre Bayle (first published in 1713).
Public domain versions
There is a Wikisource version here[1], edited by Israel Gollancz and Honnor Morten (1861-1913) in 1901, but Wikisource does not include the comments and introductions. However, Sacred-Texts has them here[2]
See also
- Epistolae duorum amantium
- Historia calamitatum
- Star-crossed
- Letters of Abelard and Heloise (John Hughes translation)
