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Author Balint, Bridget K.

Title Ordering chaos : the self and the cosmos in twelfth-century Latin prosimetrum / by Bridget K. Balint.

Publication Info. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2009.

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Description 1 online resource (x, 242 pages).
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Medieval and Renaissance authors and texts, 0925-7683 ; v. 3
Medieval and Renaissance authors and texts ; v. 3.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-235) and index.
Contents The writing of prosimetrum in the Middle Ages -- The authority of the consolation -- The interlocutors -- Situating the self -- Truth and instability in the prosimetra -- Fabulous philosophizing after 1170 -- Prose and poetry in the prosimetra -- Hildebert of Lavardin, The complaint and quarrel of the body and the soul -- Lawrence of Durham, Consolation on the death of a friend.
Summary From c. 1100 until c. 1170, Latin prosimetrical texts characterized by dialogue, allegory, and philosophical speculation enjoyed a notable popularity within the cultural ambit of the French cathedral schools. Inspired by Boethius' "Consolation of Philosophy", the prosimetrum writers applied his literary techniques to the ethical and anthropological concerns of their own era, producing texts of great artistry in the process. This book investigates the rise of the Boethian impulse in Latin, the innovations of the twelfth-century writers, the difficulties that arose when they attempted.
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Reproduction Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL
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Subject Prose poems, Latin (Medieval and modern) -- History and criticism.
Prose poems, Latin (Medieval and modern)
Literature, Medieval -- History and criticism.
Literature, Medieval.
Chronological Term Geschichte 1100-1170
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Other Form: Print version: Balint, Bridget K. Ordering chaos. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2009 9789004174115 (DLC) 2009003130 (OCoLC)286435999
ISBN 9789047444473 (electronic book)
9047444477 (electronic book)
9789004174115
9004174117
Standard No. 10.1163/ej.9789004174115.i-242