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1 online resource |
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Blackwell companions to the ancient world |
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Blackwell companions to the ancient world. Ancient history.
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Contents |
Intro; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Notes on Contributors; Part One Late Antique Literature by Language and Tradition; Introduction; Chapter One Greek; References; Chapter Two Latin; 2.1 Panegyric and Secular Oratory; 2.2 Sermons; 2.3 Philosophy; 2.4 Secular Verse; 2.5 Religious Verse; 2.6 Letter Writing; 2.7 History Writing; 2.8 Christian History and Hagiography; References; Chapter Three Syriac; 3.1 Biblical Commentary; 3.2 Poetry; 3.3 Theology; 3.4 Biography and Hagiography; 3.5 Rhetoric and Epistolography; 3.6 Historiography; 3.7 Philosophy and Translation; References |
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Chapter Four Coptic4.1 The Problems of "Coptic Literature" and its History; 4.2 Translation and the Origins of Coptic Literature; 4.3 Original Coptic Literature: From Pachomius and Shenoute to the Muslim Conquest; References; Chapter Five Armenian; 5.1 Ecclesiastical and Theological Works in Prose; 5.2 Historians; References; Chapter Six Georgian; 6.1 Earliest Original Georgian Literature: Hagiography; 6.2 Christian Kʻartʻli and the Iranian Commonwealth; 6.3 Conversion Stories and Acculturating Parthians; 6.4 The Dawn of Georgian Historiography: Hambavi mepʻet ʻa |
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6.5 Christian History in Iranic ColorsReferences; Chapter Seven Middle Persian (Pahlavi); 7.1 Commentary on the Avesta; 7.2 Philosophical and Debate Texts; 7.3 Apocalyptic and Visionary Texts; 7.4 Didactic Texts; 7.5 Geographical and Epic Texts; 7.6 Legal Texts; 7.7 Cultural Texts; 7.8 Dictionaries; 7.9 Christian and Manichaean Literature in Middle Persian; 7.10 Pahlavi Literature in Contact with Greek and Sanskrit Literature and Islam; 7.11 Conclusion; References; Chapter Eight Languages of Arabia; References; Part Two Literary Forms; Chapter Nine Classicizing History and Historical Epitomes |
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Chapter Fourteen Epic Poetry14.1 Greek Epic; 14.2 Latin Epic; References; Chapter Fifteen Epigrams, Occasional Poetry, and Poetic Games; References; Chapter Sixteen Christian Poetry; 16.1 Greek Christian Poetry; 16.2 Latin Christian Poetry; Acknowledgment; References; Chapter Seventeen Prosimetra; 17.1 Introduction; 17.2 Popular Origins of Mixed-Meter Satire; 17.3 The Extraordinary Verses of Consolation; 17.4 Literary Shifts in the Second Century; 17.5 The Evidence of Sympotic Literature; 17.6 Conclusion: Two Pre-Boethian, Two Post-Boethian Traditions; Acknowledgment; References |
Summary |
This volume presents a broad review of late antique literature. The late antique period encompasses a significant transitional era in literary history from the mid-third century to the early seventh century. The volume covers notable Greek and Latin texts of the period and provides a varied overview of literature written in six other late antique languages. It explores the histories, forms, features, audiences, and uses of the literature of the period |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
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Subject |
Latin literature -- History and criticism
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Greek literature -- History and criticism
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Christian literature, Early -- History and criticism
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Literature, Medieval -- History and criticism.
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Middle Eastern literature -- History and criticism
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Literary.
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Christian literature, Early
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Greek literature
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Latin literature
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Literature, Medieval
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Middle Eastern literature
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Literatura llatina.
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Literatura grega.
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Literatura cristiana primitiva.
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Literatura medieval.
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Història de la literatura.
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Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Llibres electrònics.
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
McGill, Scott, 1968- editor.
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Watts, Edward Jay, 1975- editor.
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LC no. |
2018005932 |
ISBN |
9781118830390 |
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1118830393 |
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9781118830352 |
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1118830350 |
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9781118830369 |
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1118830369 |
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