Description: Further DetailsTitle: Job, Boethius, and Epic TruthCondition: NewISBN-10: 1501743163EAN: 9781501743160ISBN: 9781501743160Publisher: Cornell University PressFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 08/15/2019Description: 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 the minds of medieval readers and writers—and demonstrates that these two works served as a conduit for the tradition of heroic poetry from antiquity through the Middle Ages and into the Renaissance. As she traces the complex influences of classical and biblical texts on vernacular literature, Astell offers provocative readings of works by Dante, Chaucer, Spenser, Malory, Milton, and many others. Astell looks at the relationship between the historical reception of the epic and successive imitative forms, showing how Boethius's Consolation and Johan biblical commentaries echo the allegorical treatment of" epic truth" in the poems of Homer and Virgil, and how in turn many works classified as "romance" take Job and Boethius as their models. She considers the influences of Job and Boethius on hagiographic romance, as exemplified by the stories of Eustace, Custance, and Griselda; on the amatory romances of Abelard and Heloise, Dante and Beatrice, and Troilus and Criseyde; and on the chivalric romances of Martin of Tours, Galahad, Lancelot, and Redcrosse. Finally, she explores an encyclopedic array of interpretations of Job and Boethius in Milton's Paradise Lost, Paradise Regained, and Samson Agonistes.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: USItem Height: 229mmItem Length: 152mmAuthor: Ann W. AstellGenre: Philosophy & SpiritualityTopic: Literary CriticismItem Weight: 454gRelease Year: 2019 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Publication Name: Job, Boethius, and Epic Truth
Title: Job, Boethius, and Epic Truth
ISBN-10: 1501743163
EAN: 9781501743160
ISBN: 9781501743160
Release Date: 08/15/2019
Release Year: 2019
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Book Title: Job, Boethius, and Epic Truth
Number of Pages: 258 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Publication Year: 2019
Topic: Medieval, History & Surveys / Medieval, General, Biblical Criticism & Interpretation / Old Testament, Subjects & Themes / General
Item Height: 0.7 in
Genre: Literary Criticism, Religion, Philosophy
Item Weight: 16 Oz
Item Length: 9 in
Author: Ann W. Astell
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Trade Paperback
