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Early Christian writers in the West and the classical literary tradition : stylistic and literary perspectives / edited by Sophia Papaioannou and Thomas Tsartsidis.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Trends in classics. Supplementary volumes ; v. 177.
- Trends in Classics - Supplementary Volumes Series
- Trends in Classics - Supplementary Volumes Series ; v.177
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Christian literature, Early--History and criticism.
- Christian literature, Early.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (216 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, [2025]
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Acknowledgements
- Contents
- Early Christian Writers in the West: Old and New Questions
- Part I: The Style, Imagery, and Rhetorical Techniques of Early Christian Writers
- Tertullian, acris et vehementis ingenii: An Evaluation of his Style in Literature and Scholarship
- Aedificium totum paene usque ad summa perduximus: The Architecture of Lactantius' Divine Institutes
- Stylistic and Rhetorical Techniques in Firmicus Maternus' De errore profanarum religionum
- Augustine, Confessions 10 as Literature? Yes, and No
- Part II: Intertextuality and Interpretation in Early Christian Writers
- Studying Ambrose Reading Vergil: Christian Culture Wars in Classical Context
- "That I too Should Write": Cicero's Legacy and Ambrose as Christian Teacher
- Arnobius as a Satirist
- Jerome as an Ethnograph(icis)er
- Augustine on Understanding and Interpreting Literature
- List of Contributors
- General Index
- Index Locorum.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on December 17, 2024).
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9783111027807
- 3111027805
- OCLC:
- 1468157442
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