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Texts and Culture in Late Antiquity: Inheritance, Authority, and Change
J.H.D. Scourfield (Ed.)
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Hardcover. Late Antiquity has increasingly been viewed as a period of transformation and dynamic change. This volume focuses 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. Editor(s): Scourfield, J.H.D. Num Pages: 346 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADL; 2AHA; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 162 x 22. Weight in Grams: 730.
Late Antiquity has increasingly been viewed as a period of transformation and dynamic change, a process as evident in its literature as in the spheres of 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/classicising, philosophical, and ... Read more
Late Antiquity has increasingly been viewed as a period of transformation and dynamic change, a process as evident in its literature as in the spheres of 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/classicising, philosophical, and ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Classical Press of Wales
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
Number of Pages
346
Place of Publication
Swansea, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781905125173
SKU
V9781905125173
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About J.H.D. Scourfield (Ed.)
J H D Scourfield is Professor of Classics at the National University of Ireland, Maynooth. He is the author of Consoling Heliodorus: A Commentary on Jerome, Letter 60 (Oxford, 1993), and of articles on late-Antique literature and the ancient novel.
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