The Erotics of Consolation: Desire and Distance in the Late Middle Ages
- Author / Editor
- LeĢglu, Catherine E., and Stephen J. Milner, eds.
The Erotics of Consolation: Desire and Distance in the Late Middle Ages
- Published
- New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2008.
- Physical Description
- viii, 241 pp.
- Series
- The New Middle Ages.
- Description
- Ten essays by various authors explore topics related to the "Consolatio" of Boethius and its impact within vernacular traditions. The essays are divided equally under two headings: "Consolation and Desire" and "Consolation and Loss." For two essays that pertain to Chaucer, see nos. 45 and 320.
- Contributor
- Milner, Stephen J., ed.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Background and General Criticism