The tragic and the sublime in medieval literature
1989, 1st edition. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press. Near fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #392544
ISBN: 0521354765
Physical description: xiii, 330 pages ; 24 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-316). Contents: The old man and the earth : alterity and otherness of a medieval story -- Two versions of tragedy : Ugolino and Hugelyn -- O quike deth : love, melancholy, and the divided self -- Sunset, flowers, and leaves : tradition and tragic images -- A spark of love : medieval recognitions -- I know the signs of the ancient flame : Dante's recognitions -- His desir wol fle withouten wynges : Mary and love in fourteenth-century poetry -- The Sibyl's leaves : reading Paradiso XXXIII -- L'acqua che ritorna equale : Dante's sublime. Subjects: To 1500; Literature, Medieval History and criticism; Sublime, The History To 1500; The Sublime in literature; Literature, Medieval;
The Tragic in literature; Tragedy Medieval period European literature; European literatures, 1100-1499 - Critical studies.
Price: €65.00