Boethius and Dialogue : : Literary Method in the Consolation of Philosophy / / Seth Lerer.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton Legacy Lib. eBook Package 1980-1999
• VerfasserIn: Lerer, Seth,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2014]; ©1985
• Year of Publication: 2014
• Edition: Course Book
• Language: English
• Series: Princeton Legacy Library ; 551
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (278 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; CONTENTS --; A NOTE ON TEXTS --; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS --; INTRODUCTION --; I Readers and Writers: Traditions of the Latin Dialogue --; II. The Search for Voice --; III. Language and Loss in Book Three --; IV. Readings and Rewritings in Book Four --; V. A New Beginning --; APPENDIX Seneca's Plays in The Consolation of Philosophy --; INDEX OF NAMES AND SUBJECTS --; INDEX OF LATIN TERMS
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781400857654; 9783110413441; 9783110413564; 9783110442496
• DOI: 10.1515/9781400857654
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Seth Lerer.

This book treats Boethius' Consolation of Philosophy as a work of imaginative literature, and applies modern techniques of criticism to his writings. The author's central purpose is to demonstrate the methodological and thematic coherence of The Consolation of Philosophy.Originally published in 1985.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.