Job, Boethius, and Epic Truth

Job, Boethius, and Epic Truth

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-texts closely associated with each other in...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Astell, Ann W. (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca : Cornell University Press 2019
1994.
Materias:
Boethius, > -524. > De consolatione philosophiae.
Bible > In literature.
Bible. > Job > Criticism, interpretation, 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.
Electronic books.
Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009419757706719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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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