Early Christian Latin Poets

1. Auflage 2000
ISBN: 978-0-415-18782-4
Verlag: Taylor & Francis

Buch, Englisch, 208 Seiten, Format (B × H): 145 mm x 224 mm, Gewicht: 426 g

Reihe: The Early Church Fathers

Christian Latin poetry from the fourth to sixth centuries was hugely influential on English and French medieval literature. In this, the first substantial overview of this poetry, Carolinne White sets the works in their literary and historical context, including translations of over thirty poems and excerpts, many never translated into English before.

Zielgruppe

Undergraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

White, Carolinne

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Kirchengeschichte Frühes Christentum, Patristik, Christliche Archäologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of abbreviations, Preface, Part 1 Introduction, Part 2 Translations, Glossary of metrical terms, Notes, Select bibliography, Index of names and subjects, Index of Biblical references, Index of literary works

Über Autor(innen)

Carolinne White is a tutor in medieval Latin, and a lexicographer on the Medieval Latin Dictionary at the University of Oxford. Her previous publications include Early Christian Lives (1998).