The Consolation of Boethius as Poetic Liturgy

AvStephen Blackwood

Häftad, Engelska, 2022

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Throughout Antiquity and the Middle Ages, literature was read with the ear as much as with the eye: silent reading was the exception; audible reading, the norm. This highly original book shows that Boethius's Consolation of Philosophy - one of the most widely-read texts in Western history-aims to affect the listener through the designs of its rhythmic sound. Stephen Blackwood argues that the Consolation's metres are arranged in patterns that have a therapeutic and liturgical purpose: as a bodily mediation of the text's consolation, these rhythmic patterns enable the listener to discern the eternal in the motion of time. The Consolation of Boethius as Poetic Liturgy vividly explores how in this acoustic encounter with the text philosophy becomes a lived reality, and reading a kind of prayer.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2022-02-24
Mått:156 x 234 x 16 mm
Vikt:584 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Oxford Early Christian Studies
Antal sidor:368
Förlag:OUP OXFORD
ISBN:9780192864024

Utforska kategorier

Religion: allmänt inom Filosofi och religion
Kristendom inom Filosofi och religion

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Stephen J. Blackwood is President of Ralston College.

Recensioner i media

this is textual scholarship at its best. While it holds clear interest for specialists in early Christianity, it could be instructive for scholars of religious aesthetics more broadly, as well as ethicists who work on questions of moral formation. In learning from Blackwood how to be better readers of Boethius, we can learn how to be better readers simply, attuned to the intricate rhythms and difficulty of any consolation worthy of the name.

Innehållsförteckning

Notes to Reader Introduction 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 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 Appendix A, The Poems of Book 1 Appendix B, Figures List of Figures Bibliography