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Author 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)
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