Job, Boethius, and Epic Truth /

Job, Boethius, and Epic Truth /

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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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Main Author: Astell, Ann W. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, [2019]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
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.
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.
History
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:
  • 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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