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Astell, Ann W., author.

Title Job, Boethius, and epic truth / Ann W. Astell.

Publication Info.	Ithaca : Cornell University Press, [2019]
	©1994

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Description	1 online resource
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Series	Online access: De Gruyter De Gruyter Open Books.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Note	Description based on print version record.
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
Summary	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 ...
Language	In English.
Subject	Boethius, -524. De consolatione philosophiae.
	Bible. Job -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
	Bible -- In literature.
	Boethius, -524. De consolatione philosophiae.
	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.
	Littérature épique -- Histoire et critique -- Théorie, etc.
	Littérature médiévale -- Influence ancienne.
	Influence littéraire, artistique, etc.
	Typologie (Théologie) dans la littérature.
	Imitation (Littérature)
	LITERARY CRITICISM -- Medieval.
	Imitation in literature
	Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
	Literary form
	Literature
	Literature, Medieval -- Classical influences
	Typology (Theology) in literature
Chronological Term	To 1500
Genre/Form	dictionaries.
	Criticism, interpretation, etc.
	History
	Dictionaries.
	Dictionnaires.
In:	Books at JSTOR: Open Access. JSTOR
	De Gruyter Open Books. De Gruyter
Other Form:	Print version: Astell, Ann W. Job, Boethius, and epic truth Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 1994 0801429110 (DLC) 93027265
ISBN	9781501743177 (epub)
	1501743171
	9781501733253 (pdf)
	1501733257
	9780801429118 (cloth ; alk. paper)
	9781501743160 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
	0801429110 (hardcover ; alk. paper)
	9780801429118 (hardcover ; alk. paper)
Standard No.	10.7591/9781501733253 doi