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Sciences and the Self in Medieval Poetry: Alan of Lille's Anticlaudianus and John Gower's Confessio Amantis
by Simpson, James
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- Hardcover
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- ISBN 10
- 0521471818
- ISBN 13
- 9780521471817
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About This Item
Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 1995 Book. As New. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Large Octavo. large 8vo. xii, 321 (1) pp.. Cambridge Studies in Medieval Literature No. 25: First Edition, 1995. Not Price Clipped. Pristine, no wear. No markings, tight binding, pages clean, white, and bright. 6.25" x 9.25". Brown cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Illustrated dust Jacket in removable acetate protector. acknowledgments, list of abbreviations, I. Introduction; II. The Outer Form of the Anticlaudinaus; III. A Preposterous Interpretation of the Anticlaudianus; IV. Alan's Philosopher King; V. Ovidian Disunity in Gower's Confessio amantis; VI. Genius's Psychological Information in Book III; VII. The Primacy of Politics in the Confessio amantis; VIII. Poetics; IX. Conclusion: Varieties of Humanist Politics; works cited, index..
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- West Side Book Shop, ABAA
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005441
- Title
- Sciences and the Self in Medieval Poetry: Alan of Lille's Anticlaudianus and John Gower's Confessio Amantis
- Author
- Simpson, James
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New
- Jacket Condition
- As New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0521471818
- ISBN 13
- 9780521471817
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Place of Publication
- Cambridge, UK
- Date Published
- 1995
- Keywords
- LITERARY CRITICISM HISTORY & PHILOSOPHY IN LITERATURE COMPARATIVE LITERATURE POETRY MEDIEVAL LATIN AND MIDDLE ENGLISH CRIRICISM AND INTERPRETATION THE SELF IN LITERATURE
- Bookseller catalogs
- LITERARY CRITICISM;
- Size
- Large Octavo
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