EAN: 9783110995831

THE GENRES OF LATE ANTIQUE CHRISTIAN POETRY KAR...

Classicizing Christian poetry has largely been neglected by literary scholars  but has recently
been receiving growing attention  especially the poetry written in Latin. One of the objectives
of this volume is to redress the balance by allowing more space to discussions of Greek
Christian poetry. The contributions collected here ask how Christian poets engage with (and are
conscious of) the double reliance of their poetry on two separate systems: on the one hand  the
classical poetic models and  on the other  the various genres and sub-genres of Christian
prose. Keeping in mind the different settings of the Greek-speaking East and the Latin-speaking
West  the contributions seek to understand the impact of historical setting on genre  the
influence of the paideia shared by authors and audiences  and the continued relevance of
traditional categories of literary genre. While our immediate focus is genre  most of the
contributions also engage with the ideological ramifications of the transposition of Christian
themes into classicizing literature. This volume offers important and original case studies on
the reception and appropriation of the classical past and its literary forms by Christian
poetry.

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