{"id":{"repo_id":"uiuc","oai_identifier":"oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/18527"},"canonical_url":"https://search.dev.ndltd.org/etd/uiuc/oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/18527","repository":{"repo_id":"uiuc","name":"University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign","base_url":"https://www.ideals.illinois.edu/oai-pmh"},"display":{"title":"The Transformative Power of Love: The Negation of the Subject in Mysticism and Troubadour Fin' Amors","abstract":"ABSTRACT This dissertation compares the works of select troubadours with three mystical tracts in order to present the similarities found in these two literary traditions. Mystical writings have a far longer history reaching into antiquity and continuing until the present day. The traces in the manuscript traditions situate in the late eleventh century a new poetic form in Occitan with a focus on earthly love. The love as it is described in the songs of the composers who write or sing about it comes to be called bon amors or fin’ amors, the term we use today to name the love of the troubadour tradition. The period of lyrical production in Occitan by troubadours speaking of fin’ amors does not endure more than three centuries if we begin our count with Guilhem IX (1071-1126) and close with the poet so often called the last of the troubadours, Guiraut Riquier (1254-1292). These two traditions of love literature are thus distinguished by the nature of their literary histories and also by the loves they describe. Despite this, the shape of the loves they discuss as well as the language used to speak about love are not so different.","abstract_html":"ABSTRACT This dissertation compares the works of select troubadours with three mystical tracts in order to present the similarities found in these two literary traditions. Mystical writings have a far longer history reaching into antiquity and continuing until the present day. The traces in the manuscript traditions situate in the late eleventh century a new poetic form in Occitan with a focus on earthly love. The love as it is described in the songs of the composers who write or sing about it comes to be called bon amors or fin’ amors, the term we use today to name the love of the troubadour tradition. The period of lyrical production in Occitan by troubadours speaking of fin’ amors does not endure more than three centuries if we begin our count with Guilhem IX (1071-1126) and close with the poet so often called the last of the troubadours, Guiraut Riquier (1254-1292). These two traditions of love literature are thus distinguished by the nature of their literary histories and also by the loves they describe. Despite this, the shape of the loves they discuss as well as the language used to speak about love are not so different.","abstract_has_math":false,"creators":["Wilhite, Valerie M."],"institution":"University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign","degree_name":"Ph.D.","degree_level":"Dissertation","degree_discipline":"Comparative Literature","degree_department":null,"school":null,"contributors":["Jaeger, C. Stephen","Fresco, Karen L.","Layton, Richard A.","Busby, Keith"],"advisors":[],"committee_chairs":[],"committee_members":[],"year":2011,"date_issued":"2011-01-21T22:44:31Z","date_published":"2011-01-21T22:44:31Z","updated_at":"2026-07-22T22:25:11Z","subjects":["fin' amors","troubadours","mysticism"],"languages":["en"],"rights":["Copyright 2010 Valerie M. Wilhite"],"rights_urls":[],"identifier_entries":[]},"links":{"outbound_url":"http://hdl.handle.net/2142/18527","outbound_label":"Handle","outbound_source":"dc:identifier"},"metadata_groups":[{"id":"people","label":"People","entries":[{"key":"dc:contributor","label":"Contributor","values":["Jaeger, C. Stephen","Fresco, Karen L.","Layton, Richard A.","Busby, Keith"]},{"key":"dc:creator","label":"Author","values":["Wilhite, Valerie M."]}]},{"id":"academic_context","label":"Academic Context","entries":[{"key":"dc:date","label":"Dc Date","values":["2011-01-21T22:44:31Z","2013-01-22T11:00:22Z","2010-12"]},{"key":"thesis:degree_discipline","label":"Discipline","values":["Comparative Literature"]},{"key":"thesis:degree_level","label":"Degree Level","values":["Dissertation"]},{"key":"thesis:degree_name","label":"Degree Name","values":["Ph.D."]},{"key":"thesis:institution_name","label":"Thesis Institution Name","values":["University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign"]}]},{"id":"subjects_keywords","label":"Subjects and Keywords","entries":[{"key":"dc:subject","label":"Dc Subject","values":["fin' amors","troubadours","mysticism"]}]},{"id":"language_rights","label":"Language and Rights","entries":[{"key":"dc:language","label":"Dc Language","values":["en"]},{"key":"dc:rights","label":"Dc Rights","values":["Copyright 2010 Valerie M. Wilhite"]}]},{"id":"identifiers","label":"Identifiers","entries":[{"key":"dc:identifier","label":"Identifier","values":["http://hdl.handle.net/2142/18527"]}]},{"id":"additional","label":"Additional Metadata","entries":[{"key":"dc:description","label":"Description","values":["ABSTRACT This dissertation compares the works of select troubadours with three mystical tracts in order to present the similarities found in these two literary traditions. Mystical writings have a far longer history reaching into antiquity and continuing until the present day. The traces in the manuscript traditions situate in the late eleventh century a new poetic form in Occitan with a focus on earthly love. The love as it is described in the songs of the composers who write or sing about it comes to be called bon amors or fin’ amors, the term we use today to name the love of the troubadour tradition. The period of lyrical production in Occitan by troubadours speaking of fin’ amors does not endure more than three centuries if we begin our count with Guilhem IX (1071-1126) and close with the poet so often called the last of the troubadours, Guiraut Riquier (1254-1292). These two traditions of love literature are thus distinguished by the nature of their literary histories and also by the loves they describe. Despite this, the shape of the loves they discuss as well as the language used to speak about love are not so different.","Item withdrawn by Mark Zulauf (zulauf@illinois.edu) on 2010-12-02T17:05:28Z Item was in collections: University of Illinois Theses & Dissertations (ID: 1) No. of bitstreams: 1 wilhite_valerie.pdf: 1141169 bytes, checksum: 08083890ae15d8ea00a5cab273ca50d4 (MD5)","Made available in DSpace on 2011-01-21T22:44:31Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 wilhite_valerie.pdf: 1839869 bytes, checksum: fa86ee5382c25481a54a309508cb5713 (MD5) license.txt: 4064 bytes, checksum: 6f42aa4248ed90d5ec088caf50f4126a (MD5)","Item marked as restricted to the 'UIUC Users [automated]' Group (id=2) by William Ingram (wingram2@illinois.edu) on 2011-01-21T22:48:02Z Item is restricted until 2013-01-21T22:47:37Z","Item reinstated by Sarah Shreeves (sshreeve@illinois.edu) on 2013-01-22T11:00:22Z Item was in collections: University of Illinois Dissertations and Theses (ID: 204) Dissertations and Theses - Comparative and World Literature (ID: 762) No. of bitstreams: 3 wilhite_valerie.pdf.txt: 596986 bytes, checksum: 3210e96b050b987a574d1b9a8f324af7 (MD5) wilhite_valerie.pdf: 1839869 bytes, checksum: fa86ee5382c25481a54a309508cb5713 (MD5) license.txt: 4064 bytes, checksum: 6f42aa4248ed90d5ec088caf50f4126a (MD5)","Item released from any restrictions by Sarah Shreeves (sshreeve@illinois.edu) on 2013-01-22T11:00:22Z"]},{"key":"dc:title","label":"Title","values":["The Transformative Power of Love: The Negation of the Subject in Mysticism and Troubadour Fin' Amors"]}]}],"canonical_facts":{"dc:contributor":["Jaeger, C. Stephen","Fresco, Karen L.","Layton, Richard A.","Busby, Keith"],"dc:creator":["Wilhite, Valerie M."],"dc:date":["2011-01-21T22:44:31Z","2013-01-22T11:00:22Z","2010-12"],"dc:description":["ABSTRACT This dissertation compares the works of select troubadours with three mystical tracts in order to present the similarities found in these two literary traditions. Mystical writings have a far longer history reaching into antiquity and continuing until the present day. The traces in the manuscript traditions situate in the late eleventh century a new poetic form in Occitan with a focus on earthly love. The love as it is described in the songs of the composers who write or sing about it comes to be called bon amors or fin’ amors, the term we use today to name the love of the troubadour tradition. The period of lyrical production in Occitan by troubadours speaking of fin’ amors does not endure more than three centuries if we begin our count with Guilhem IX (1071-1126) and close with the poet so often called the last of the troubadours, Guiraut Riquier (1254-1292). These two traditions of love literature are thus distinguished by the nature of their literary histories and also by the loves they describe. Despite this, the shape of the loves they discuss as well as the language used to speak about love are not so different.","Item withdrawn by Mark Zulauf (zulauf@illinois.edu) on 2010-12-02T17:05:28Z Item was in collections: University of Illinois Theses & Dissertations (ID: 1) No. of bitstreams: 1 wilhite_valerie.pdf: 1141169 bytes, checksum: 08083890ae15d8ea00a5cab273ca50d4 (MD5)","Made available in DSpace on 2011-01-21T22:44:31Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 wilhite_valerie.pdf: 1839869 bytes, checksum: fa86ee5382c25481a54a309508cb5713 (MD5) license.txt: 4064 bytes, checksum: 6f42aa4248ed90d5ec088caf50f4126a (MD5)","Item marked as restricted to the 'UIUC Users [automated]' Group (id=2) by William Ingram (wingram2@illinois.edu) on 2011-01-21T22:48:02Z Item is restricted until 2013-01-21T22:47:37Z","Item reinstated by Sarah Shreeves (sshreeve@illinois.edu) on 2013-01-22T11:00:22Z Item was in collections: University of Illinois Dissertations and Theses (ID: 204) Dissertations and Theses - Comparative and World Literature (ID: 762) No. of bitstreams: 3 wilhite_valerie.pdf.txt: 596986 bytes, checksum: 3210e96b050b987a574d1b9a8f324af7 (MD5) wilhite_valerie.pdf: 1839869 bytes, checksum: fa86ee5382c25481a54a309508cb5713 (MD5) license.txt: 4064 bytes, checksum: 6f42aa4248ed90d5ec088caf50f4126a (MD5)","Item released from any restrictions by Sarah Shreeves (sshreeve@illinois.edu) on 2013-01-22T11:00:22Z"],"dc:identifier":["http://hdl.handle.net/2142/18527"],"dc:language":["en"],"dc:rights":["Copyright 2010 Valerie M. Wilhite"],"dc:subject":["fin' amors","troubadours","mysticism"],"dc:title":["The Transformative Power of Love: The Negation of the Subject in Mysticism and Troubadour Fin' Amors"],"thesis:degree_discipline":["Comparative Literature"],"thesis:degree_level":["Dissertation"],"thesis:degree_name":["Ph.D."],"thesis:institution_name":["University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign"]},"updated_at":"2026-07-22T22:25:11Z"}