Ordering Chaos

The Self and the Cosmos in Twelfth-Century Latin Prosimetrum
Erscheinungsjahr 2009
ISBN: 978-90-04-17411-5
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 3, 242 Seiten, Format (B × H): 165 mm x 246 mm, Gewicht: 567 g

Reihe: Medieval and Renaissance Authors and Texts

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 to recapture the certainty that characterized the Consolation, and the survival of aspects of this literary mode in later Latin and vernacular literature.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Balint, Bridget

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Kulturwissenschaften

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface

Introduction: The Writing of Prosimetrum in the Middle Ages
1. The Authority of the Consolation
2. The Interlocutors
3. Situating the Self
4. Truth and Instability in the Prosimetra
5. Fabulous Philosophizing after 1170

Appendices
Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Bridget K. Balint, Ph.D. (2002) in Medieval Latin, Harvard University, is Assistant Professor of Classical Studies at Indiana University - Bloomington. She studies the literature and poetics of the High Middle Ages (1000-1300).