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The Tragic and the Sublime in Medieval Literature

By Piero Boitani
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By Piero Boitani
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Professor Boitani's latest book explores the areas of the tragic and the sublime in medieval literature by asking what medieval texts mean to modern readers. Boitani, who has written widely on medieval and comparative literature, 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. The result is a learned, stimulating, and wide-ranging volume...

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LiteratureLiterary CriticismGeneral & Miscellaneous Literary CriticismAncient & Medieval LiteratureLiterary Criticism - General & MiscellaneousMedieval Literature - General & Miscellaneous - Literary Criticism