Job, Boethius, and Epic Truth
- Author / Editor
- Astell, Ann W.
Job, Boethius, and Epic Truth
- Published
- Ithaca, N.Y.; and London: Cornell University Press, 1994.
- Physical Description
- xvi, 240 pp.
- Description
- In the Middle Ages, Job was regarded as a figure comparable to the heroes of classical epic, prompting allegorical readings of Job that parallel allegorical readings of works by Homer,Virgil, and Boethius. Astell traces the tradition of treating Job and Boethius as "moral analogues"--from philosophical tradition and commentary, through various romances and saints' lives, to Milton's epic narratives. Considers Jobian allusions and patterns in TC, ClT, and MLT.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Background and General Criticism.
- Troilus and Criseyde.
- Clerk and His Tale.
- Man of Law and His Tale.