The Tragic and the Sublime in Medieval Literature
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| Author | : Piero Boitani |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 350 |
| Release | : 1989-08-25 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9780521354769 |
| ISBN-13 | : 0521354765 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (69 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis The Tragic and the Sublime in Medieval Literature by : Piero Boitani
Book excerpt: Professor Boitani's latest book explores the areas of the tragic and the sublime in medieval literature. Boitani studies tragic and sublime tensions in stories and scenes recounted by such major poets as Dante, Chaucer and Petrarch, as well as themes shared by writers and philosophers and traditional poetic images.
