Boethius and Dialogue: Literary Method in the Consolation of Philosophy

by Seth Lerer

This book treats Boethius' Consolation of Philosophy as a work of imaginative literature, and applies modern techniques of criticism to his writings. The author's central purpose is to demonstrate the methodological and thematic coherence of The Consolation of Philosophy .

Originally published in 1985.

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265 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1985

About the author

Professor Seth Lerer (1956 -) is a contemporary Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Stanford University, specialising in historical analyses of the English language, in addition to critical analyses of the works of several authors, including in particular Geoffrey Chaucer.

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Reviews

[University of Chicago Magazine]

Seth Lerer, PhD'81
Author

From our pages (Spring/86): "This full-length study of Boethius' Consolation of Philosophy applies modern techniques of criticism to his writings and demonstrates the methodological and thematic coherence of the work. Lerer seeks to ground Boethius' literary career in the traditions of Latin dialogue literature and explores ways in which Boethius manipulates the reader in his text, confronts problems of literary authority, and makes methods of interpretation themes for dialogue."