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Alan of Lille Literary Works (Hardback) Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library. Author: Alan of Lille. Title: Literary Works. Topic: History, Literary Criticism. Format: Hardback. In the Boethian dialogue of theDe planctu Naturae the goddess Nature inveighs against sodomy and “unnatural” behavior generally. Further DetailsTitle: Literary Works Condition: New Description: A product of the cathedral schools that played a foundational role in the so-called Twelfth-Century Renaissance, Alan of Lille was renowned for the vast learning which earned him the title of Doctor Universalis . His writings include many significant contributions to the development of systematic theology, but he was also the most important Latin poet of his time, the great age of Medieval Latin poetry. The works included in this volume aim to give imaginative expression to the main tenets of Alan’s theology, but the forms in which his vision is embodied are strikingly original and informed by a rich awareness of poetic tradition.The “Sermon on the Intelligible Sphere” translates Platonist cosmology into the terms of a visionary psychology. In the Boethian dialogue of the De planctu Naturae the goddess Nature inveighs against sodomy and “unnatural” behavior generally. The Anticlaudianus, viewed as virtually a classic in its own day, is at once a summa of the scholastic achievement of the Twelfth-Century schools and an allegory of spiritual pilgrimage that anticipates the Divine Comedy . Author: Alan of Lille EAN: 9780674059962 Contributor: Winthrop Wetherbee (Edited and translated by) Country/Region of Manufacture: US ISBN: 9780674059962 Format: Hardback Language: English, Latin Item Height: 203mm ISBN-10: 0674059964 Genre: Philosophy & Spirituality Publisher: Harvard University Press Release Date: 05/20/2013 Item Length: 133mm Series: Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library Topic: History, Literary Criticism Release Year: 2013 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
