The Literature of Unlikeness

228 Pages·1988·12.135 MB·English

by  Charles Dahlberg

The Literature o f
Unlikeness
Saint Augustine finds himself far from God
in the land of unlikeness
Reproduced by courtesy of the Trustees of the Boston Public Library
from MS. f. Med.77 (leaf iov), an illustrated life of Saint Augustine
(Germany, ca. 1460). Pen and watercolor on paper. See Courcelle
1963 1658 and his plate 14, fig. 1; Oldham 1952; and chapter 1.
The Literature o f
Unlikeness
Charles Dahlberg
University Press of New England
Hanover and London, 1988
University Press of New England
Brandeis University
Brown University
Clark University
University of Connecticut
Dartmouth College
University of New Hampshire
University of Rhode Island
Tufts University
University of Vermont
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The literature of unlikeness.
Bibliography: p.
Includes index.
I. English literature— Middle English, 1100-1500—
History and criticism. 2. Contradiction in
literature. 3. Resemblance (Philosophy) in literature.
4. French poetry—To 1500—History and criticism.
5. Rhetoric, Medieval. 6. Beowulf. 7. Philosophy.
Medieval. 1. Title.
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