Ordering Chaos The Self and the Cosmos in Twelfth-Century Latin Prosimetrum |
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| Author:
| Balint, Bridget |
| Series title: | Medieval and Renaissance Authors and Texts |
| ISBN: | 978-90-04-17411-5 |
| Publication Date: | Apr 2009 |
| Publisher: | BRILL
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $166.00 |
Book Description:
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This book investigates five innovative twelfth-century prosimetrical texts inspired by Boethius's Consolation of Philosophy, the difficulties that arose when these writers attempted to recapture Boethian certainty, and the survival of aspects of this literary mode in later Latin and vernacular literature.
This book investigates five innovative twelfth-century prosimetrical texts inspired by Boethius's Consolation of Philosophy, the difficulties that arose when these writers attempted to recapture Boethian certainty, and the survival of aspects of this literary mode in later Latin and vernacular literature.