Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. Allegories of Logos and Eros -- 2. Boethius and Epic Truth -- 3. Job and Heroic Virtue -- 4. Hagiographic Romance -- 5. Boethian Lovers -- 6. Ghostly Chivalry -- 7. The Miltonic Trilogy -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary
Calling into question the common assumption that the Middle Ages produced no secondary epics, Ann W. Astell here revises a key chapter in literary history. She examines the connections between the Book of Job and Boethius' s Consolation of Philosophy ..
