Brian P Sowers
Biographic Data
| ID | 5651390 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Brian P Sowers |
| GIVEN NAMES | Brian P |
| FAMILY NAME | Sowers |
| SIGNATURE | SOWERS B P |
| AFFILIATIONS | Brooklyn College |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Common Texts, (Un)Common Aesthetics
This chapter examines late antique, Greek and Latin centos from the perspective of the poets who wrote them and the authors who read them, with specific attention given to Ausonius’ preface and epilogue to his Cento Nuptialis, Aelia Eudocia’s prefatory poem to her Homeric Cento, and proem of Proba’s Vergilian cento. The scope of this chapter also includes other treatments of centos, in particular that of Jerome. My reading of these paratextual an…
The Body Unbound
Prison, Where Is Thy Victory? A Black Panther Theology of Mass Incarceration
On 12 July 1969, Huey P. Newton, cofounder of the Black Panther Party, wrote “Prison, Where Is Thy Victory?,” a socialist critique of America’s penal system that focused on its inability to rehabilitate prisoners. Beyond its explicit rejection of American capitalism, his essay, with its very title, also invokes two passages from the Bible—Paul’s epistle to the Corinthians (1 Cor 15:55) and the book of the prophet Hosea (Hos 13:14) —although Newto…
The Socratic Black Panther
Historiolae
Amicitia and Late Antique Nugae
This article traces the contours of the literary circle surrounding Ausonius of Bordeaux through a reading of his literary epistles and prefaces. The patterns that emerge from Ausonius’ correspondence with his amici suggest a systematized exchange by which he and his circle shared, evaluated, and emended poetry. This community followed defined rules, both in terms of their self-presentation and in the ways they comported themselves vis-à-vis othe…
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Amicitia and Late Antique Nugae
This article traces the contours of the literary circle surrounding Ausonius of Bordeaux through a reading of his literary epistles and prefaces. The patterns that emerge from Ausonius’ correspondence with his amici suggest a systematized exchange by which he and his circle shared, evaluated, and emended poetry. This community followed defined rules, both in terms of their self-presentation and in the ways they comported themselves vis-à-vis othe…
The Socratic Black Panther
Historiolae
Prison, Where Is Thy Victory? A Black Panther Theology of Mass Incarceration
On 12 July 1969, Huey P. Newton, cofounder of the Black Panther Party, wrote “Prison, Where Is Thy Victory?,” a socialist critique of America’s penal system that focused on its inability to rehabilitate prisoners. Beyond its explicit rejection of American capitalism, his essay, with its very title, also invokes two passages from the Bible—Paul’s epistle to the Corinthians (1 Cor 15:55) and the book of the prophet Hosea (Hos 13:14) —although Newto…
The Body Unbound
Common Texts, (Un)Common Aesthetics
This chapter examines late antique, Greek and Latin centos from the perspective of the poets who wrote them and the authors who read them, with specific attention given to Ausonius’ preface and epilogue to his Cento Nuptialis, Aelia Eudocia’s prefatory poem to her Homeric Cento, and proem of Proba’s Vergilian cento. The scope of this chapter also includes other treatments of centos, in particular that of Jerome. My reading of these paratextual an…
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