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Job, Boethius, and Epic Truth

by Ann W. Astell

  • Paperback
  • Publisher: Cornell University Press
  • 15.3 x 22.9 x 1.5 cm

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Calling into question the common assumption that the Middle Ages produced no secondary epics, Ann W. Astell here revises a key chapter in literary history. She examines the connections between the Book of Job and Boethius' s Consolation of Philosophy--texts closely associated with each other in the minds of medieval readers and writers--and demonstrates that these two works served as a conduit for the tradition of heroic poetry from antiquity through the Middle Ages and into the Renaissance. As she traces the complex influences of classical and biblical texts on vernacular literature, Astell offers provocative readings of works by Dante, Chaucer, Spenser, Malory, Milton, and many others. Astell looks at the relationship between the historical reception of the epic and successive imitative forms, showing how Boethius's Consolation and Johan biblical commentaries echo the allegorical treatment of" epic truth" in the poems of Homer and Virgil, and how in turn many works classified as "romance" take Job and Boethius as their models. She considers the influences of Job and Boethius on hagiographic romance, as exemplified by the stories of Eustace, Custance, and Griselda; on the amatory romances of Abelard and Heloise, Dante and Beatrice, and Troilus and Criseyde; and on the chivalric romances of Martin of Tours, Galahad, Lancelot, and Redcrosse. Finally, she explores an encyclopedic array of interpretations of Job and Boethius in Milton's Paradise Lost, Paradise Regained, and Samson Agonistes.
Job, Boethius, and Epic Truth and Reflections On The Psalms
Reflections On The PsalmsJob, Boethius, and Epic Truth

  • Author

    Ann W. Astell

  • Book Format

    Paperback

  • Publisher

    Cornell University Press

  • Published

    August 2019

  • Weight

    382g

  • Dimensions

    15.3 x 22.9 x 1.5 cm

  • ISBN

    9781501743160

  • ISBN-10

    1501743163

  • Eden Code

    4980038

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