Understanding the medieval meditative ascent
Subtitle: Augustine, Anselm, Boethius, and Dante
By: Robert McMahon.
Publisher: Catholic University of America Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 284
ISBN-13: 9780813214375
Subjects: Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo.; Anselm, Saint, Archbishop of Canterbury, 1033-1109.; Boethius, d. 524.; Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321.; Devotional literature -- History and criticism.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The meditative ascent : paradigm and principles; title: The unity of meditative structure and texture in Augustine's Confessions; title: A moving viewpoint : Augustine's meditative philosophy in the Confessions; title: Meditative movement in Anselm's Proslogion; title: Recollecting oneself : meditative movement in the Consolation of philosophy.