Job, Boethius, and epic truth / Ann W. Astell.
Material type: TextPublisher: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, [2019]Copyright date: �1994Description: 1 online resourceContent type:- text
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- 9781501743177
- 1501743171
- 9781501733253
- 1501733257
- 0801429110
- 9780801429118
- Boethius, -524. De consolatione philosophiae
- Bible. Job -- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Bible -- In literature
- Bible
- Bible. Job
- De consolatione philosophiae (Boethius)
- Epic literature -- History and criticism -- Theory, etc
- Literature, Medieval -- Classical influences
- Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
- Typology (Theology) in literature
- Imitation in literature
- Literary form -- History -- To 1500
- Imitation in literature
- Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
- Literary form
- Literature
- Literature, Medieval -- Classical influences
- Typology (Theology) in literature
- LITERARY CRITICISM -- Medieval
- To 1500
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- PA6231.C83
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on print version record.
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
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.
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