Orpheus in the Middle Ages
John Block Friedman
288 pages, Paperback
ISBN: 0815628250
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Language: English
Publish: June 1, 2000
This is a new edition of Friedman’s classic examination of the myth of Orpheus in the late antique and medieval periods. Friedman discusses Christian, Jewish and romantic secular `portraits’ of Orpheus, and considers artistic, literary and philosophical sources. In this edition the original text remains unchanged, but the bibliography has been updated.