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Prudentius' psychomachia : a reexamination / Macklin Smith.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Smith, Macklin, 1944- author.
- Series:
- Princeton legacy library.
- Princeton Legacy Library
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Prudentius, 348- Psychomachia.
- Prudentius.
- Christian poetry, Latin--History and criticism.
- Christian poetry, Latin.
- Christianity and literature--Rome.
- Christianity and literature.
- Soul in literature.
- Allegory.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (324 pages).
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 1976.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Prudentius' Psychomachia, written about A.D. 405, has been studied by classicists, medievalists, and general literary historians. Nevertheless, scholars have barely explored the allegory's inner workings or related it to its historical context. The present study remedies this critical neglect and its attendant misreadings.The author arrives at a coherent, unified interpretation by examining the work's major features in relation to the poet's life and times. He contends that the poet balanced an affirmation of Christian allegory with an ironic negation of pagan literary tradition. For this remarkable achievement his audience was the aristocracy, still largely pagan at a time of intense antagonism between the Church and old Roman religious institutions.Originally published in 1976.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Critical Introduction
- Chapter I: The Christian Poet in His Times
- Chapter II: Psychic Warfare and Worship: The Form snd Mode of Conversion
- Chapter III: Salvation History and the Soul
- Chapter IV: The Assault Upon Vergil
- Index
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-691-64442-X
- 1-4008-7116-6
- OCLC:
- 905862984
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