Ausonius Grammaticus : The Christening of Philology in the Late Roman West / Lionel Yaceczko.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Yaceczko, Lionel, Author.

Series:

Gorgias Studies in Early Christianity and Patristics ; 78

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ausonius, Decimus Magnus--Criticism and interpretation.

Ausonius, Decimus Magnus.

Genre:

Literary criticism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (253 p.)

Place of Publication:

Piscataway, NJ : Gorgias Press, [2021]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

The present volume describes the rich and complex world in which Ausonius (c. 310–395) lived and worked, from his humble beginnings as a schoolteacher in Bordeaux, to the heights of his influence as quaestor to the Emperor Gratian, at a time of unsettling social and religious change. As a teacher and poet Ausonius adhered to the traditions of classical paideia, standing in contrast to the Fathers of the Church, e.g., Jerome, Augustine, and Paulinus of Nola, who were emboldened by the legalization, then the imposition, of Christianity in the course of the fourth century. For this position he was labeled by the 20th-century scholar Henri-Irénée Marrou a symbol of decadence. Guided by Marrou’s critical insights to both his own time and place and that of Ausonius, this book proposes a hermeneutic for reading Ausonius as both a fourth-century poet and a fascinating mirror for his 20th-century counterparts.

Contents:

Frontmatter

TABLE OF CONTENTS

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

PREFACE

Chapter One. Introduction: Ausonius, Biography, and Personal Poetry in the Fourth Century

Chapter Two. New Wine in Old Wineskins: Grammar, Rhetoric, and the Establishment of a Christian Culture

Chapter Three. Ausonius of Bordeaux: Old Wine in Old Wineskins

Chapter Four. Ausonius of Trier: The Mosella as Poetry of Court and Campaign

Chapter Five. Ausonius of Rome: The Cupido Cruciatus as Personal Poetry in the Classical Tradition

Chapter Six. Iugum Discutimus: Ausonius, Paulinus, and Henri Irénée Marrou

Conclusion. From φιλόλογοι to θεολόγοι: Word-lovers to Worshipers of the Word

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 02. Mrz 2022)

ISBN:

1-4632-4281-6

OCLC:

1291507984