Abelard and Heloise
In Our Time
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The Letters of Direction
I think the way in which she expresses it is it's meant to be literature, not just a sort of... It's not just an outpouring of somebody who's really had a kind of rough time. And I think you do need to understand it. Some commentators have found Abilard's replies to be very wooden and almost unwilling. But he does actually do a very eloquent, provides her with aVery eloquent prayer. So he is, as it were, the straight man, and she has all these wonderful comments. He writes at much greater lengths,. The last letters are Abilard’s letters, one on the origins of nuns; this is very interesting because
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