Description |
ix, 231 pages ; 21 cm |
Bibliography |
Bibliographical footnotes. |
Contents |
1. The medieval situation -- 2. Reservations -- 3. Selected materials: the classical period: The Somnium Scipionis -- Lucan -- Statius, Claudian, and the Lady Natura -- Apuleius, De Deo Socratis -- 4. Selected materials: the seminal period: Chalcidius -- Macrobius -- Pseudo-Dionysius -- Boethius -- 5. The heavens: The parts of the universe -- Their operations -- Their inhabitants -- 6. The Longaevi -- 7. Earth and her inhabitants: The Earth -- Beasts -- The human soul -- Rational soul -- Sensitive and vegetable soul -- Soul and body -- The human body -- The human past -- The seven liberal arts -- 8. The influence of the model. |
Subject |
Literature, Medieval -- History and criticism.
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Latin literature, Medieval and modern -- History and criticism.
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European literature -- Renaissance, 1450-1600 -- History and criticism.
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Added Title |
Introduction to medieval and Renaissance literature. |
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