Rough Wilderness

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Rough Wilderness chronicles one of the most famous tales of love, betrayal and redemption. Heloise and Abelard were medieval scholars whose taboo-breaking affair shocked clerics an d fellow scholars and assured the star-crossed pair a place in history. These poems are contemporary in subject and tone, but also explore some of the most complex modes that have come down to us, including sonnets, pantoums, villanelles and others. Show more