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The Black Death
A History of the Most Catastrophic Plague Through Contemporary Accounts and How Humans Reacted Hailed by the New York Times as “unusually interesting both as history and sociological study,” The Black Death:…
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The Consolation of Philosophy
Boethius was an eminent public figure under the Gothic emperor Theodoric, and an exceptional Greek scholar. When he became involved in a conspiracy and was imprisoned in Pavia, it was…
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The Erotics of Consolation
What is consolation and why is mourning so often bound up with erotic desire? This collection of essays explores consolation and mourning in the varied, sometimes provocative, readings of Boethius…