Ordering chaos : the self and the cosmos in twelfth-century Latin prosimetrum /
From c. 1100 until c. 1170, Latin prosimetrical texts characterized by dialogue, allegory, and philosophical speculation enjoyed a notable popularity within the cultural ambit of the French cathedral schools. Inspired by Boethius' "Consolation of Philosophy", the prosimetrum writers a...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
2009.
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Colección: | Medieval and Renaissance authors and texts ;
v. 3. |
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- The writing of prosimetrum in the Middle Ages
- The authority of the consolation
- The interlocutors
- Situating the self
- Truth and instability in the prosimetra
- Fabulous philosophizing after 1170
- Prose and poetry in the prosimetra
- Hildebert of Lavardin, The complaint and quarrel of the body and the soul
- Lawrence of Durham, Consolation on the death of a friend.