Chaucer's neoplatonism : varieties of love, friendship, and community

Chaucer's neoplatonism : varieties of love, friendship, and community / John M. Hill.

Chaucer's Neoplatonism covers his major works and the ways in which he has absorbed a Boethian, essentially rational Neoplatonism. By means of that philosophy he poetically engages issues of truth, falsehood, love, friendship, joy, and community. His widely recognized, capacious humanism arises...

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Main Author: Hill, John M., 1946- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Lanham : Lexington Books, [2018]
Series:Studies in medieval literature (Lexington Books)
Subjects:
Chaucer, Geoffrey, > -1400 > Criticism and interpretation.
Chaucer, Geoffrey, > -1400
Neoplatonism in literature.
POETRY > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Neoplatonism in literature
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Summary:Chaucer's Neoplatonism covers his major works and the ways in which he has absorbed a Boethian, essentially rational Neoplatonism. By means of that philosophy he poetically engages issues of truth, falsehood, love, friendship, joy, and community. His widely recognized, capacious humanism arises from that engagement.
Physical Description:1 online resource
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781498561945
1498561942
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed January 9, 2018).

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