{"product_id":"literary-works-alan-of-lille-9780674059962","title":"Literary Works","description":"\u003cp\u003eA product of the cathedral schools that played a foundational role in the so-called Twelfth-Century Renaissance, Alan of Lille was renowned for the vast learning which earned him the title of \u003ci\u003eDoctor Universalis\u003c\/i\u003e. His writings include many significant contributions to the development of systematic theology, but he was also the most important Latin poet of his time, the great age of Medieval Latin poetry. The works included in this volume aim to give imaginative expression to the main tenets of Alan's theology, but the forms in which his vision is embodied are strikingly original and informed by a rich awareness of poetic tradition. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe \"Sermon on the Intelligible Sphere\" translates Platonist cosmology into the terms of a visionary psychology. In the Boethian dialogue of the \u003ci\u003eDe planctu Naturae\u003c\/i\u003e the goddess Nature inveighs against sodomy and \"unnatural\" behavior generally. The \u003ci\u003eAnticlaudianus, \u003c\/i\u003e viewed as virtually a classic in its own day, is at once a \u003ci\u003esumma\u003c\/i\u003e of the scholastic achievement of the Twelfth-Century schools and an allegory of spiritual pilgrimage that anticipates the \u003ci\u003eDivine Comedy\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Alan of Lille\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0674059964\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780674059962\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harvard University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/20\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 672\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.50w x 1.50d","brand":"Alan of Lille","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48216499257599,"sku":"9780674059962","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f28a9f72-24ed-4c62-94fe-13e04e2f9023.jpg?v=1771991407","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/literary-works-alan-of-lille-9780674059962","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}