The Consolation of Boethius as poetic liturgy /
Blackwood argues that the metres of Boethius' 'Consolation of Philosophy' are arranged in patterns that have a therapeutic and liturgical purpose. The argument moves from an examination of the prosodical interplay of metre, meaning, and sound in the Consolation's first seven poem...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford :
Oxford University Press,
2015.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
| Series: | Oxford early Christian studies.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Blackwood argues that the metres of Boethius' 'Consolation of Philosophy' are arranged in patterns that have a therapeutic and liturgical purpose. The argument moves from an examination of the prosodical interplay of metre, meaning, and sound in the Consolation's first seven poems; to a consideration of the therapeutic use of the same metre in different poems; to the discovery and exploration of an intricate system of metric repetition that comprehends every poem; and finally, to reflection on how this acoustic system shapes the listener's memory to an intelligible design. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xxi, 338 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780191028113 0191028118 |