Boethius
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Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius, commonly known simply as Boethius, was a Roman senator, consul, magister officiorum, polymath, historian, and philosopher of the Early Middle Ages. He was a central
Medieval illustration of Boethius
Consular diptych depicting Narius Manlius Boethius, Boethius's birth father
Boethius (right) and his adoptive father, Symmachus (left); both had been appointed consuls in their own right.
Manuscript depicting Boethius teaching students (initial) and while imprisoned
A Confederacy of Dunces
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A Confederacy of Dunces is a picaresque novel by American novelist John Kennedy Toole. It was published in 1980, eleven years after Toole's death. Published through the efforts of writer Walker Percy
Boethius
…In Dante's Divine Comedy, the spirit of Boethius is pointed out by Saint Thomas Aquinas and is mentioned further in the poem. In the novel A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole, Boethius is the favorite philosopher of the main character, Ignatius J. Reilly. The "Boethian Wheel" is a theme throughout the…
First edition cover (1980), illustration by Ed Lindlof
Rex Parade Float of Ignatius Reilly commemorating "The Confederacy of Dunces"
Canal Street, New Orleans in the late 1950s; the D. H. Holmes store at right
A "Lucky Dogs" cart from the era of the novel