LEADER 04062oam 22007094a 450 001 9910367642703321 005 20240424230615.0 010 $a9781501743160 010 $a1501743163 010 $a9781501733253 010 $a1501733257 024 7 $a10.7591/9781501733253 035 $a(CKB)4100000008351076 035 $a(OCoLC)1122595190 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse77950 035 $a(DE-B1597)527480 035 $a(OCoLC)1102808380 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781501733253 035 $a(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/89149 035 $a(Perlego)950730 035 $a(oapen)doab89149 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000008351076 100 $a19930728d1994 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|||||||nn|n 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aJob, Boethius, and Epic Truth$fAnn W. Astell 210 $cCornell University Press$d2019 210 1$aIthaca :$cCornell University Press,$d1994. 210 4$dİ1994. 215 $a1 online resource (xv, 240 p. ) 311 08$a9781501743160 311 08$a9781501743177 311 08$a1501743171 311 08$a9780801429118 311 08$a0801429110 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [217]-233) and index. 327 $tFrontmatter --$tContents --$tPreface --$tAbbreviations --$tIntroduction --$t1. Allegories of Logos and Eros --$t2. Boethius and Epic Truth --$t3. Job and Heroic Virtue --$t4. Hagiographic Romance --$t5. Boethian Lovers --$t6. Ghostly Chivalry --$t7. The Miltonic Trilogy --$tConclusion --$tBibliography --$tIndex 330 $aCalling 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. 606 $aLiterary form$xHistory$yTo 1500 606 $aImitation in literature 606 $aTypology (Theology) in literature 606 $aInfluence (Literary, artistic, etc.) 606 $aLiterature, Medieval$xClassical influences 606 $aEpic literature$xHistory and criticism$xTheory, etc 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aLiterary form$xHistory 615 0$aImitation in literature. 615 0$aTypology (Theology) in literature. 615 0$aInfluence (Literary, artistic, etc.) 615 0$aLiterature, Medieval$xClassical influences. 615 0$aEpic literature$xHistory and criticism$xTheory, etc. 676 $a809.1/32 700 $aAstell$b Ann W$01023778 801 0$bMdBmJHUP 801 1$bMdBmJHUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910367642703321 996 $aJob, Boethius, and Epic Truth$92432586 997 $aUNINA