Eloisa to Abelard
Published in 1717, Eloisa to Abelard is a poem by Alexander Pope (1688–1744). It is an Ovidian heroic epistle inspired by the 12th century story of Eloisa's (Heloise'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 castrate him, not realizing that the lovers had married.
References
- Alexander Pope's "Eloisa to Abelard"
- The Letters of Peter Abelard and Heloise, Augusta State University
- Literary Encyclopedia essay
- "Castrating the Nun in Pope?s 'Eloisa to Abelard' ? (pdf) by Michelle L. Brown, James Madison University
- Discussion of Heloise's Letters to Abelard, Fordham University
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