Old English Boethius - With Verse Prologues and Epilogues Associated With King Alfred

Informationen zum Autor Susan Irvine is Professor of English, University College London. Malcolm R. Godden was Rawlinson and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon at the University of Oxford. Klappentext Boethius’ Consolation of Philosophy, a 6th century meditation on fate, free will, and virtue, was translated from Latin to Old English around 900, bringing it to a vernacular audience for the first time. This edition, translated from Old English by Susan Irvine and Malcolm Godden, includes verse prologues and epilogues associated with King Alfred. Zusammenfassung Boethius’ Consolation of Philosophy, a 6th century meditation on fate, free will, and virtue, was translated from Latin to Old English around 900, bringing it to a vernacular audience for the first time. This edition, translated from Old English by Susan Irvine and Malcolm Godden, includes verse prologues and epilogues associated with King Alfred.

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• Authors: Boethius, Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius, D. 524 Boethius, Susan Irvine, Susan (EDT)/ Godden Irvine
• Assisted by: Malcolm R Godden (Editor), Malcolm R. Godden (Editor), Susan Irvine (Editor), Malcolm Godden (Translation), Malcolm R Godden (Translation), Susan Irvine (Translation), Malcolm R. Godden (Editor and translation), Susan Irvine (Editor and translation)
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 19.11.2012
• EAN: 9780674055582
• ISBN: 978-0-674-05558-2
• No. of pages: 480
• Series: Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library; Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library; Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library (HUP) CONTINS TO- [e-mail]
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > Antiquity; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day; PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Medieval, Western philosophy: Medieval & Renaissance, c 500 to c 1600, Medieval Western philosophy