Prudentius and the Landscapes of Late Antiquity

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ID9291356
AuthorsCillian O’hogan (0000-0002-4645-9947, corresponding author), Cillian O'Hogan
Year2016
Pages224
Publication date2016-09-29
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenuePrudentius and the Landscapes of Late Antiquity (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherOxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198749226.001.0001
OpenAlexW2538094854
ISBN9780198749226
Open LibraryOL27708969M
LanguageEN
Citations received32

This book takes a thematic approach to the poetry of the late Latin poet Prudentius, focusing in particular on his descriptions of the geographical and cultural landscapes of late antiquity. It is argued that the poet makes use of allusion to Augustan and early imperial Latin authors to present the late Roman landscape as one markedly altered by the arrival of Christianity, though retaining the grandeur of the pagan past. Prudentius is set in the context of other late antique authors, including Lactantius, Jerome, Augustine, and Endelechius. Examined in particular are Prudentius' conception of the world as a text, his use of intertextuality to describe literary journeys, his view of the civic function of Christian martyrdom, his conception of heaven, and his attitude towards art and architecture. The book combines philological and intertextual criticism with approaches drawn from the fields of book history, cultural geography, and theology, to paint a fuller and richer picture of the greatest of the Christian Latin poets

Allusion · Antique · Archaeology · Art · Christianity · Classical antiquity · Context (archaeology · Heaven · Intertextuality · Late Antiquity · Literature · Philology · Sociology · Visual arts · Byzantine Studies and History · Classical Antiquity Studies · Classics · Historical and Religious Studies of Rome · History · Philosophy · 348 · Criticism and interpretation · Landscapes · Landscapes in literature · Latin Christian poetry · Prudentius

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