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The Genres of Late Antique Christian Poetry

Between Modulations and Transpositions

Fotini Hadjittofi, Anna Lefteratou (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

X, 335 Seiten

2020
De Gruyter (Verlag)
978-3-11-068997-6 (ISBN)

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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.

F. Hadjittofi , Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal, A. Lefteratou , Universität Heidelberg, Germany.

Erscheinungsdatum	13.10.2020
Reihe/Serie	Trends in Classics - Supplementary Volumes ; 86
Zusatzinfo	1 b/w tbl.
Verlagsort	Berlin/Boston
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 230 mm
Gewicht	612 g
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Altertum / Antike
Schlagworte	Christian poetry • Christliche Literatur • Late Antiquity • literary genres • Reception • Rezeption klassischer Literatur • Spätantike
ISBN-10	3-11-068997-9 / 3110689979
ISBN-13	978-3-11-068997-6 / 9783110689976
Zustand	Neuware