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The Erotics of Consolation

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

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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: 9781403976192
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan US
Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
Pub date:
Edition: 1st Edition
DEWEY: 809.02
DEWEY edition: 22
Language: English
Number of pages: 241
Weight: 382g
Height: 216mm
Width: 145mm
Spine width: 15mm