Job, Boethius, and Epic Truth /
Ann W. Astell.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. Allegories of Logos and Eros -- 2. Boethius and Epic Truth -- 3. Job and Heroic Virtue -- 4. Hagiographic Romance -- 5. Boethian Lovers -- 6. Ghostly Chivalry -- 7. The Miltonic Trilogy -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index
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Calling into question the common assumption that the Middle Ages produced no secondary epics, Ann W. Astell here revises a key chapter in literary history. She examines the connections between the Book of Job and Boethius' s Consolation of Philosophy ...
In English.
9781501743177
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