Boethius and Dialogue: Literary Method in The Consolation of Philosophy

Lerer, Seth

ISBN 10: 0691066531 / ISBN 13: 9780691066530

Published by Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ, 1985

About this Item

8vo, 264 pp.

Seller Inventory # 110031

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Boethius and Dialogue: Literary Method in The Consolation of Philosophy
• Publisher: Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ
• Publication Date: 1985
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0691066531
• ISBN 13: 9780691066530
• Binding: hardcover
• Edition: 1st.
• Condition: Fine copy in fine dust jacket
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Seller catalogs:
  • Literary Criticism

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Synopsis

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 published in 1985.

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About the Author

Seth Lerer is dean of arts and humanities at the University of California, San Diego. He is the author of many books, including the National Book Critics Circle Award-winning "Children's Literature: AReader's History, from Aesop toHarry Potter".