UID:
almafu_9961764434002883
Format:
1 online resource (VIII, 207 p.)
ISBN:
9783111027807
Series Statement:
Trends in Classics - Supplementary Volumes , 177
Content:
Early Christian prose writers of the Latin West (2nd–5th c. AD) have long been studied predominantly from theological and historical perspectives. Hence, there is a conspicuous scarcity of comprehensive studies approaching these texts from stylistic and literary angles. This volume will be an important step towards filling this substantial gap in recent scholarship. It will include chapters on selected Latin Christian writers such as Tertullian, Arnobius, Lactantius, Firmicus Maternus, Ambrose, Jerome, and Augustine. It aims at investigating, on the one hand, ways in which these texts can be appreciated as literary texts in their own right, by exploring the style and imagery employed in them; and, on the other, the intricate and meaningful modes in which these writers interact, develop, and transform phraseology, topoi, concepts, and techniques found in Classical literature. This volume will offer a paradigmatic overview as to the usefulness of approaching early Christian writers through a literary lens, thus opening up new paths of research across various disciplines including Classics, Literary Studies, Theology, and (Social) History.
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Frontmatter --
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Acknowledgements --
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Contents --
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Early Christian Writers in the West: Old and New Questions --
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Part I: The Style, Imagery, and Rhetorical Techniques of Early Christian Writers --
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Tertullian, acris et vehementis ingenii: An Evaluation of his Style in Literature and Scholarship --
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Aedificium totum paene usque ad summa perduximus: The Architecture of Lactantius’ Divine Institutes --
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Stylistic and Rhetorical Techniques in Firmicus Maternus’ De errore profanarum religionum --
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Augustine, Confessions 10 as Literature? Yes, and No --
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Part II: Intertextuality and Interpretation in Early Christian Writers --
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Studying Ambrose Reading Vergil: Christian Culture Wars in Classical Context --
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“That I too Should Write”: Cicero’s Legacy and Ambrose as Christian Teacher --
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Arnobius as a Satirist --
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Jerome as an Ethnograph(icis)er --
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Augustine on Understanding and Interpreting Literature --
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List of Contributors --
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General Index --
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Index Locorum
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Issued also in print.
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In English.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9783111028002
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9783111027432
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1515/9783111027807
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783111027807
URL:
https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9783111027807
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