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The Erotics of Consolation

The Erotics of Consolation Desire and Distance in the Late Middle Ages - The New Middle Ages

1st Edition 2008 edition

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Publisher's Synopsis

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.

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Book information

ISBN: 9781349737871
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan US
Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
Pub date:
Edition: 1st Edition 2008 edition
Language: English
Number of pages: 241
Weight: -1g
Height: 216mm
Width: 140mm