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Chaucer's neoplatonism : varieties of love, friendship, and community /

Chaucer's Neoplatonism covers his major works and the ways in which he has absorbed a Boethian, essentially rational Neoplatonism. By means of that philosophy he poetically engages issues of truth, falsehood, love, friendship, joy, and community. His widely recognized, capacious humanism arises...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hill, John M., 1946- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lanham : Lexington Books, [2018]
Colección:Studies in medieval literature (Lexington Books)
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Chaucer's neoplatonism: varieties of love, friendship and community
  • Varieties of supposition and the truth value of story
  • Varieties of friendship: Pandarus, Troilus and noble friendship
  • Avuncular form and Pandarus's several embassies
  • Varieties of joy in Troilus and Criseyde
  • Varieties of invited "compaignye" in the pilgrimage to Canterbury
  • Conclusion: Chaucer's neoplatonic art.