Job, Boethius, and Epic Truth / Ann W. Astell.
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TextSeries: Book collections on Project MUSEPublisher: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, [2019]Manufacturer: Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2019Copyright date: ©[2019]Description: 1 online resource (258 pages)Content type: - text
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- 9781501743177
- Boethius, -524. De consolatione philosophiae
- Boethius, -524. De consolatione philosophiae
- Typology (Theology) in literature
- Literature, Medieval -- Classical influences
- Literature
- Literary form
- Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
- Imitation in literature
- LITERARY CRITICISM -- Medieval
- Imitation (Litterature)
- Typologie (Theologie) dans la litterature
- Influence litteraire, artistique, etc
- Litterature medievale -- Influence ancienne
- Litterature epique -- Histoire et critique -- Theorie, etc
- Literary form -- History -- To 1500
- Imitation in literature
- Typology (Theology) in literature
- Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
- Literature, Medieval -- Classical influences
- Epic literature -- History and criticism -- Theory, etc
- De consolatione philosophiae (Boethius)
- Bible. Job
- Bible
- Bible -- In literature
- Bible. Job -- Criticism, interpretation, etc
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 ...
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