Name: Texts and Culture in Late Antiquity: Inheritance, Authority, and Change
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Author: Scourfield, J. H. D.
ISBN: 9781905125173

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Texts and Culture in Late Antiquity: Inheritance, Authority, and Change

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Physical Book

Publisher

Classical Press of Wales

Author

Scourfield, J. H. D.

Language

English

Pages

350

Format

Hardcover

Dimensions

23.6 x 16.2 x 2.2 cm

Weight

0.73 kg.

ISBN

1905125178

ISBN13

9781905125173

Synopsis "Texts and Culture in Late Antiquity: Inheritance, Authority, and Change"

Late Antiquity has increasingly been viewed as a period of transformation and dynamic change in its literature as in society and politics. In this volume, thirteen scholars focus on the intellectual and literary culture of the time, investigating complex relationships between late-Antique authors and the texts which they had inherited through the classical ('pagan') and Christian traditions. Particular emphasis is placed on works that carried special authority: Homer, Virgil, Plato, and the Bible. The volume thus contributes to the history of the reception of classical texts, and through its inclusiveness (classical and classicizing, philosophical, and patristic writing are all represented) seeks to offer a view of the textual world of late Antiquity as a unified whole. It affords a scholarly introduction to a sweep of late-Antique literature in Greek and Latin. Authors and genres discussed include Juvencus and Claudian, Plotinus and Proclus, Jerome and John Cassian, geographical and grammatical writing, and Christian cento.

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