Consolation in Medieval Narrative: Augustinian Authority and Open Form

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Author(s): Chad D. Schrock (auth.)
Series: The New Middle Ages
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan US
Year: 2015

Language: English
Tags: Medieval Literature; History of Medieval Europe; History of Religion; Classical and Antique Literature; Literary History; Biblical Studies

Front Matter....Pages i-xvi
Introduction....Pages 1-7
For the Time Being: Interpretive Consolation in Augustinian Time....Pages 9-33
“Quanto Minorem Consider as”: Abelard’s Proportional Consolation....Pages 35-57
Three Figures of the Church: Piers Plowman and the Quest for Consolation....Pages 59-83
Augustine and Arthur: The Stanzaic Morte and the Consolation of Elegy....Pages 85-105
Chaucer’s Knight’s Tale: Consolations at War....Pages 107-127
The Tower and the Turks: More’s Meditative Consolation....Pages 129-151
Conclusion....Pages 153-155
Back Matter....Pages 157-240