| Gregory of Nazianzus: Autobiographical Poems Contributor(s): Gregory of Nazianzus (Author), White, Carolinne (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0521472814 ISBN-13: 9780521472814 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $134.90 Product Type: Hardcover Published: January 1997 Annotation: The autobiographical poems of Gregory of Nazianzus, fourth-century Father of the Greek Church, are remarkable not only for a highly individual picture of the Byzantine world but also for moments that are intimate, passionate and moving. This book contains Greek text and facing English translation of a selection from his one hundred or so surviving poems. Gregory is best known for the five orations he gave in Constantinople but, De Vita Sua apart, his poems can only be read in a nineteenth-century Greek edition and have never before been translated into English. The selected poems highlight Gregory's spiritual outlook and also his poetics; Gregory shows his expertise in a variety of metres and literary dialects, deriving from his knowledge of classical Greek literature. The substantial introduction provides biographical information against which to set the poems, focusing particularly on the years which Gregory spent in Constantinople. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Medieval - Literary Criticism | European - General |
| Dewey: 881.01 |
| LCCN: 96007338 |
| Series: Cambridge Medieval Classics |
| Physical Information: 0.83" H x 5.66" W x 8.38" (0.96 lbs) 216 pages |
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| Publisher Description: The autobiographical poems of Gregory of Nazianzus, fourth-century Father of the Greek Church, are remarkable not only for a highly individual picture of the Byzantine world but also for moments that are intimate, passionate and moving. This book contains Greek text and facing English translation of a selection from his one hundred or so surviving poems. Gregory is best known for the five orations he gave in Constantinople. Except for the poem De Vita Sua, his work can only be read in a nineteenth-century edition and has never before been translated into English. |