Nonnus of Panopolis in Context IV : poetry at the crossroads / edited by Berenice Verhelst.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Verhelst, Berenice, 1987- editor.

Series:

Orientalia Lovaniensia analecta ; 314.

Bibliothèque de Byzantion ; 29.

Orientalia Lovaniensia Analecta ; 314

Bibliothèque de Byzantion ; 29

Language:

English

French

German

Greek, Modern (1453-)

Subjects (All):

Nonnus, of Panopolis--Criticism and interpretation--Congresses.

Nonnus.

Byzantine literature--History and criticism--Congresses.

Byzantine literature.

Byzantine literature--History and criticism.

Physical Description:

xvi, 589 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm.

Other Title:

Poetry at the crossroads

Place of Publication:

Leuven ; Paris ; Bristol, CT : Peeters, 2022.

Language Note:

Contributions chiefly in English, with 2 in French, and 1 in German; abstracts in English.

Summary:

"Today, Nonnus of Panopolis is widely recognized as one of the most interesting and important Greek authors of Late Antiquity. His Dionysiaca is the last grand epic poem of Antiquity and challenges all established epic conventions; his hexametric paraphrase of the Gospel of John, in the same 'baroque' style, combines Christian content and classical epic language and style. Both are key texts to understand Late Antique poetic innovation. This volume brings together contributions by promising early career researchers and established specialists of Nonnus' poetry and adjacent fields of scholarship. It is the result of the fourth international Nonnus in Context conference, held in Ghent in the Spring of 2018. Taking the metaphor of the crossroads as a starting point, it explores Nonnus' poetry and its context(s) along the synchronic and diachronic axes of tradition and society."-- Publidher's website.

Contents:

Part one. Roadmarks and Directions : Nonnian Authorship and Poetics

Part two. Off the Beaten Track : The Creative Use of Models

Part three. Roads under Construction : Nonnian Innovations and their Precedents

Part four. Road Junctions (1) : A Dionysiac Road to India

Part five. Road Junctions (2) : Epic and Christian Imagery in the Paraphrase

Part six. Multiple Crossings : Nonnian Poetry and the World of Late Antiquity

Part seven. Parting Ways : Poetic Afterlife and Scholarly Reception.

Notes:

The Nonnus of Panopolis in Context conference in Ghent (19-21/04/2018) was the fourth gathering in this by now established series of conferences. The series was initiated ... (Rethymnon 2011) and after ... (Vienna 2013) and ... (Warsaw 2015)."--Page x.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 511-555) and indexes.

ISBN:

9789042945166

9042945168

OCLC:

1395925602