Lerer: Boethius And Dialogue:literary Method In The In The Consolation Of Philosophy: Literary Method in the Consolation of Philosophy (Princeton Legacy Library) - Hardcover

Lerer, S

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0691066531 ISBN 13: 9780691066530

Publisher: Princeton University Press, 1992

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".

Edition details

• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Publication date: 1992
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0691066531
• ISBN 13: 9780691066530
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 280