Mastrangelo The Roman Self in Late Antiquity

Prudentius and the Poetics of the Soul
Erscheinungsjahr 2008
ISBN: 978-1-4214-0240-6
Verlag: Johns Hopkins University Press
Format: EPUB
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E-Book, Englisch, 0 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

The Roman Self in Late Antiquity for the first time situates Prudentius within a broad intellectual, political, and literary context of fourth-century Rome. As Marc Mastrangelo convincingly demonstrates, the late-fourth-century poet drew on both pagan and Christian intellectual traditions—especially Platonism, Vergilian epic poetics, and biblical exegesis—to define a new vision of the self for the newly Christian Roman Empire.

Mastrangelo proposes an original theory of Prudentius's allegorical poetry and establishes Prudentius as a successor to Vergil. Employing recent approaches to typology and biblical exegesis as well as the most current theories of allusion and intertextuality in Latin poetry, he interprets the meaning and influence of Prudentius's work and positions the poet as a vital author for the transmission of the classical tradition to the early modern period.

This provocative study challenges the view that poetry in the fourth century played a subordinate role to patristic prose in forging Christian Roman identity. It seeks to restore poetry to its rightful place as a crucial source for interpreting the rich cultural and intellectual life of the era.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Mastrangelo, Marc

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Klassische Literaturwissenschaft
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Mittelalterliche, neuzeitliche Archäologie (Europa)
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. An Epic Successor? Prudentius, Aeneid 6, and Roman Epic Tradition
2. Christian History and the Narrative of Rome
3. Christian Theology and the Making of Allegory
4. Pagan Philosophy and the Making of Allegory
Epilogue: Self, Poetry, and Literary History in Prudentius
Notes
Works Cited
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Mastrangelo, Marc
Marc Mastrangelo is an associate professor of classical studies at Dickinson College.