Title Classicism and Christianity in late antique Latin poetry / Philip Hardie

Published Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2019] ©2019

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Description 1 online resource Series Sather Classical Lectures ; 74 Contents Farewells and returns: Ausonius and Paulinus of Nola -- Virgilian plots -- Cosmos: classical and Christian universes -- Concord and discord; concordia discors -- Innovations of late antiquity: novelty and renouatio -- Paradox, mirabilia, miracles -- Allegory -- Mosaics and intertextuality Summary "After centuries of near silence, Latin poetry underwent a renaissance in the late fourth and fifth centuries CE in the works of such key figures as Ausonius, Claudian, Prudentius, and Paulinus of Nola. This period of resurgence was a milestone in the reception of the classics of late Republican and early imperial poetry. In Classicism and Christianity in Late Antique Latin Poetry, Philip Hardie explores the ways in which poets writing on non-Christian and Christian subjects used the classical traditions of Latin poetry to figure their relationship with Rome's imperial past and present, and with the by now not-so-new belief system of the state religion, Christianity. The book pays particular attention to the themes of concord and discord, the 'cosmic sense' of late antiquity, novelty and renouatio, paradox and miracle, and allegory. It is also a contribution to the ongoing discussion of whether there is an identifiably late antique poetics, and a late antique practice of intertextuality. Not since Michael Roberts' classic The Jeweled Style has a single book had so much to teach about the enduring power of Latin poetry in late antiquity--Provided by publisher Analysis allegory antique poetics antiquity ausonius christian subjects classical traditions classicism classics claudian concord cosmic sense discord imperial past imperial poetry intertextuality late republican latin poetry non christian novelty paradox and miracle paulinus of nola poets prudentius relationship renaissance renouatio rome state religion Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes In English Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher Subject Christian poetry, Latin -- History and criticism Political poetry, Latin -- History and criticism RELIGION -- Ancient. Christian poetry, Latin Literature Political poetry, Latin SUBJECT Rome -- In literature Subject Rome (Empire) Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. Form Electronic book LC no. 2019003058 ISBN 9780520968424 0520968425

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