The Erotics of Consolation : Desire and Distance in the Late Middle Ages /

This collection of essays explores consolation and mourning in the varied, sometimes provocative, readings of Boethius and of Stoic consolation by French, English, Italian and German authors, including Dante, Petrarch, Boccaccio, Machaut, Chaucer, Wyatt and Queen Elizabeth I.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Léglu, Catherine E. (Editor), Milner, Stephen J. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2008.
Series:New Middle Ages.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Description
Summary:This collection of essays explores consolation and mourning in the varied, sometimes provocative, readings of Boethius and of Stoic consolation by French, English, Italian and German authors, including Dante, Petrarch, Boccaccio, Machaut, Chaucer, Wyatt and Queen Elizabeth I.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (VIII, 241 pages)
ISBN:9781137097415
DOI:10.1007/978-1-137-09741-5