| The Shadow of Creusa: Negotiating Fictionality in Late Antique Latin Literature Contributor(s): Cullhed, Anders (Author), Knight, Michael (Translator) |
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ISBN: 3110559242 ISBN-13: 9783110559248 Publisher: de Gruyter OUR PRICE: $36.89 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Ancient And Classical - Religion | Christianity - History - History | Ancient - Greece |
| Dewey: 200.9 |
| Series: Beitr GE Zur Altertumskunde |
| Physical Information: 1.45" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (2.21 lbs) 724 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Middle East - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) - Cultural Region - Greece - Cultural Region - Italy - Cultural Region - North Africa - Religious Orientation - Christian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This study explores the early Christian confrontation with pagan culture as an anticipation of many later clashes between religious orthodoxy and literary fictionality. After a survey of Saint Augustine's long drawn-out farewell to ancient poetry, the author examines other Late Antique dismissals as well as appropriations of the classical heritage, elucidating a cultural conflict which was to leave traces all through the Middle Ages and beyond. |
