Literary Convention
The literary convention of courtly love can be found in most of the major authors of the Middle Ages such as Geoffery Chaucer, John Gower, Dante, Marie de France, Chretien de Troyes, Gottfried von Strassburg and Sir Thomas Malory.
The medieval genres in which courtly love conventions can be found include the lyric, the Romance and the allegory.
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