The Tempter's Voice : Language and the Fall in Medieval Literature /

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Among the works Jager discusses are texts by Ambrose, Augustine, the early Christian poet Avitus, and scholastic authors; Old English biblical epics; Middle English spiritual writings; French courtesy books; and the poetry of Dante and Chaucer. Examples from the visual arts are included as well. Jag...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Jager, Eric, 1957-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 1993.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Bible > A.T. > Genese. > III > Critique, interpretation, etc. > Histoire > 600-1500 (Moyen Âge)
Bible > A.T. > Genese. > III > Critique, interpretation, etc. > Histoire > ca 30-600 (Église primitive)
Bible. > Genesis, III > Criticism, interpretation, etc. > History > Middle Ages, 600-1500.
Bible. > Genesis, III > Criticism, interpretation, etc. > History > Early church, ca. 30-600.
Zondeval.
Letterkunde.
Erbsünde
Literatur
Sündenfall
Literature, Medieval.
Fall of man in literature.
PHILOSOPHY > History & Surveys > Medieval.
Litterature medievale > Histoire et critique.
Chute de l'homme dans la litterature.
Literature, Medieval > History and criticism.
History.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The school of Paradise
  • The genesis of hermeneutics
  • The Garden of eloquence
  • The Old English epic of the Fall
  • The seducer and the daughter of Eve
  • The carnal letter in Chaucer's earthly paradise
  • Signs of the Fall: from the Middle Ages to Postmodernism.

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