E-Book, Englisch, Band 177, 215 Seiten
Papaioannou / Tsartsidis Early Christian Writers in the West and the Classical Literary Tradition
1. Auflage 2024
ISBN: 978-3-11-102780-7
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
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Stylistic and Literary Perspectives
E-Book, Englisch, Band 177, 215 Seiten
Reihe: Trends in Classics - Supplementary VolumesISSN
ISBN: 978-3-11-102780-7
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)
Early Christian prose writers of the Latin West (2–5 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. This volume will be an important step towards filling this substantial gap in recent scholarship. It will include chapters on selected Latin Christian writers such as Tertullian, Arnobius, Lactantius, Firmicus Maternus, Ambrose, Jerome, and Augustine. It aims at investigating, on the one hand, ways in which these texts can be appreciated as literary texts in their own right, by exploring the style and imagery employed in them; and, on the other, the intricate and meaningful modes in which these writers interact, develop, and transform phraseology, topoi, concepts, and techniques found in Classical literature. This volume will offer a paradigmatic overview as to the usefulness of approaching early Christian writers through a literary lens, thus opening up new paths of research across various disciplines including Classics, Literary Studies, Theology, and (Social) History.
Zielgruppe
Literary studies scholars, Classicists, (Social) historians, theo