The Erotics of Consolation: Desire and Distance in the Late Middle Ages

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C. Léglu, S. Milner
Palgrave Macmillan US, May 19, 2008 - Literary Criticism - 241 pages
This collection of essays explores consolation and mourning in the varied, sometimes provocative, readings of Boethius and of Stoic consolation by French, English, Italian and German authors, including Dante, Petrarch, Boccaccio, Machaut, Chaucer, Wyatt and Queen Elizabeth I.

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About the author (2008)

Catherine E. Léglu is Senior Lecturer at the University of Bristol. Stephen J. Milner is Senior Lecturer and Chair at the University of Bristol.

Bibliographic information

TitleThe Erotics of Consolation: Desire and Distance in the Late Middle Ages
The New Middle Ages
EditorsC. Léglu, S. Milner
Editionillustrated
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan US, 2008
ISBN1403976198, 9781403976192
Length241 pages
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History / Europe / General
History / Europe / Medieval
History / Social History
History / World
Language Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics / Historical & Comparative
Literary Criticism / Ancient & Classical
Literary Criticism / Medieval
Psychology / Human Sexuality
  
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