Consolation in Medieval Narrative : Augustinian Authority and Open Form

Name: Consolation in Medieval Narrative
Brand: Palgrave Macmillan
SKU: 9781137453358
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ISBN: 9781137453358

by C. Schrock

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Format Hardback

Book Series The New Middle Ages

ISBN-10 1137453354

ISBN-13 9781137453358

Publisher Palgrave Macmillan

Imprint Palgrave Macmillan

Country of Manufacture GB

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date May 13th, 2015

Print length 240 Pages

Weight 430 grams

Dimensions 22.50 x 14.70 x 2.60 cms

Product Classification: Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval Literary studies: classical, early & medieval Christian theology Christianity

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Medieval writers such as Chaucer, Abelard, and Langland often overlaid personal story and sacred history to produce a distinct narrative form. The first of its kind, this study traces this widely used narrative tradition to Augustine's two great histories: Confessions and City of God .

Medieval writers such as Chaucer, Abelard, and Langland often overlaid personal story and sacred history to produce a distinct narrative form. The form''s simple and flexible shape - prospect, fulfillment, interpretive retrospect - derives from Augustine''s Christian exegetical practice. The first of its kind, this study traces this widely used narrative tradition to Augustine''s two great histories: Confessions and City of God.

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