The Roman self in late antiquity : Prudentius and the poetics of the soul

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    • Mastrangelo, Marc

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The Roman self in late antiquity : Prudentius and the poetics of the soul

Marc Mastrangelo

Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [239]-249) and index

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内容説明

The Roman Self in Late Antiquity for the first time situates Prudentius within a broad intellectual, political, and literary context of fourth-century Rome. As Marc Mastrangelo convincingly demonstrates, the late-fourth-century poet drew on both pagan and Christian intellectual traditions-especially Platonism, Vergilian epic poetics, and biblical exegesis-to define a new vision of the self for the newly Christian Roman Empire. Mastrangelo proposes an original theory of Prudentius's allegorical poetry and establishes Prudentius as a successor to Vergil. Employing recent approaches to typology and biblical exegesis as well as the most current theories of allusion and intertextuality in Latin poetry, he interprets the meaning and influence of Prudentius's work and positions the poet as a vital author for the transmission of the classical tradition to the early modern period. This provocative study challenges the view that poetry in the fourth century played a subordinate role to patristic prose in forging Christian Roman identity. It seeks to restore poetry to its rightful place as a crucial source for interpreting the rich cultural and intellectual life of the era.

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Acknowledgments Introduction 1. An Epic Successor? Prudentius, Aeneid 6, and Roman Epic Tradition 2. Christian History and the Narrative of Rome 3. Christian Theology and the Making of Allegory 4. Pagan Philosophy and the Making of Allegory Epilogue: Self, Poetry, and Literary History in Prudentius Notes Works Cited Index

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