In this Book
- Boethius and Dialogue: Literary Method in the Consolation of Philosophy
- Book
- 2014
- Published by: Princeton University Press
- Series: Princeton Legacy Library
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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Table of Contents
- A Note on Texts
- pp. ix-x
- Acknowledgments
- p. xi
- Introduction
- pp. 3-13
- II THE SEARCH FOR VOICE
- pp. 94-123
- III LANGUAGE AND LOSS IN BOOK THREE
- pp. 124-165
- IV READINGS AND REWRITINGS IN BOOK FOUR
- pp. 166-202
- V A NEW BEGINNING
- pp. 203-236
- Index of Names and Subjects
- pp. 255-262
- Index of Latin Terms
- pp. 263-265