Boethius and Dialogue : Literary Method in the Consolation of Philosophy /

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This book treats Boethius' Consolation of Philosophy as a work of imaginative literature, and applies modern techniques of criticism to his writings. The author's central purpose is to demonstrate the methodological and thematic coherence of The Consolation of Philosophy. Originally publis...

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Main Author: Lerer, Seth, 1955- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [1985]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Boethius, > -524.
Boethius, > -524 > Technique.
Boethius, > -524. > De consolatione philosophiae.
De consolatione philosophiae (Boethius)
Technique.
Rhetoric, Medieval.
Philosophy, Medieval.
Dialogues, Latin.
Dialogue.
PHILOSOPHY > Reference.
PHILOSOPHY > Essays.
PHILOSOPHY > General.
Rhetorique medievale.
Philosophie medievale.
Dialogues latins > Histoire et critique.
Dialogues, Latin > History and criticism.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • A NOTE ON TEXTS
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • INTRODUCTION
  • I Readers and Writers: Traditions of the Latin Dialogue
  • II. The Search for Voice
  • III. Language and Loss in Book Three
  • IV. Readings and Rewritings in Book Four
  • V.A New Beginning
  • APPENDIX Seneca's Plays in The Consolation of Philosophy
  • INDEX OF NAMES AND SUBJECTS
  • INDEX OF LATIN TERMS.

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