The consolation of Boethius as poetic liturgy / Stephen Blackwood.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Blackwood, Stephen, author.

Series:

Oxford early Christian studies.

Oxford Early Christian Studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Boethius, -524.

Boethius.

De consolatione philosophiae (Boethius).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (361 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Blackwood argues that the metres of Boethius' 'Consolation of Philosophy' are arranged in patterns that have a therapeutic and liturgical purpose. The argument moves from an examination of the prosodical interplay of metre, meaning, and sound in the Consolation's first seven poems; to a consideration of the therapeutic use of the same metre in different poems; to the discovery and exploration of an intricate system of metric repetition that comprehends every poem; and finally, to reflection on how this acoustic system shapes the listener's memory to an intelligible design.

Contents:

""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""List of Figures""; ""Abstract""; ""Notes to Reader""; ""Introduction: The Aural Tradition""; ""Part I: The Metres of Book One""; ""1. Imprisoned by Rhythm""; ""2. Rhythmic Intervention""; ""Conclusion to Part I""; ""Part II: Repeated Metres""; ""3. The First Four""; ""4. The Final Two""; ""Conclusion to Part II""; ""Part III: Repetition and Recollection: A System of Rhythmic Sound""; ""5. Formal Structure""; ""6. Functional Purpose""; ""7. Analogies of Rhythmic Repetition""; ""Conclusion to Part III""; ""Part IV: A Meditation on Book Five""

""8. Repetition, Narration, and the Meditative Ascent""""9. Freedom, Providence, and Prayer""; ""Conclusion to Part IV""; ""Conclusion: Liturgy, Mediation, and the Consolation�s Theology""; ""Appendix A: The Poems of Book One""; ""Appendix B: Figures""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Z""

Notes:

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

0-19-178766-3

OCLC:

906575097