The essay deals with the relation between the Latin maxim “vita brevis, ars longa” – a variation of the ancient aphorism from the Corpus Hippocraticum – which Seneca discusses in his De brevitate vitae, and Chaucer’s House of Fame. It focuses in particular on the application of this idea on Chaucer’s view of time and life and the time of the world with reference to Hans Blumenberg’s book Lebenszeit und Weltzeit
"The Lyf so Short, The Craft so Long to Lerne": Weltzeit und Lebenszeit in Chaucer's House of Fame" / DI ROCCO, Emilia. - In: LITINFO. - ISSN 1987-6092. - ELETTRONICO. - 5:1(2011).
"The Lyf so Short, The Craft so Long to Lerne": Weltzeit und Lebenszeit in Chaucer's House of Fame"
DI ROCCO, Emilia
2011
Abstract
The essay deals with the relation between the Latin maxim “vita brevis, ars longa” – a variation of the ancient aphorism from the Corpus Hippocraticum – which Seneca discusses in his De brevitate vitae, and Chaucer’s House of Fame. It focuses in particular on the application of this idea on Chaucer’s view of time and life and the time of the world with reference to Hans Blumenberg’s book Lebenszeit und WeltzeitFile allegati a questo prodotto
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