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bethfish

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Jun 25, 2005 22:07

So - I've been reading Tristan (famous old love story of Tristan and Isolde) for Medieval Studies, which I'll be taking next semester. And I'm not sure I really buy into the whole thing. The poet, Gottfried Von Strassburg (I love his name!) tells the story of this undying love, that transcends all sorts of legal and practical problems, and creates ( Read more... )

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alruthebold June 26 2005, 23:58:00 UTC

Well, you see, love potions are very powerful. Doubly so if they occured between AD 1200 and AD 1500.

Also, I don't really know much about this "famous" story so I can't really make any sort of worthwhile comment.

bethfish June 27 2005, 02:09:14 UTC

sorry - about five seconds after I posted this I realized it was going to be an obnoxious, nerdy post. And that no one else could really relate to this kind of frustration (Why, Gottfried? Why?). Oh well!

alruthebold June 27 2005, 02:33:09 UTC

Nono, it's cool. I relate to the kind of frustration, just not this tokenization of it.

puuj July 29 2005, 15:39:20 UTC

You should consider "The End of the Affair" by Graham Greene. Also tragic, but more twisted... Sometimes I wonder how conscious he is of the characters he creates...