Converting verse : the poetics of asceticism in late Roman Gaul /

For centuries, the Roman aristocracy encoded its social and cultural superiority in classical poetry. In the late Roman world, however, Christian poets - especially those in the outlying provinces of Gaul - began to experiment with poetry as a medium for exploring and asserting ascetic identities wh...

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Gespeichert in:
1. Verfasser:
Ungvary, David
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2024]
Ausgabe:
First edition.
Zusammenfassung:
For centuries, the Roman aristocracy encoded its social and cultural superiority in classical poetry. In the late Roman world, however, Christian poets - especially those in the outlying provinces of Gaul - began to experiment with poetry as a medium for exploring and asserting ascetic identities which were based on the disciplined rejection of worldly life and set in opposition to secular nobility. 'Converting Verse' offers a new cultural history of this ascetic transformation of Latin poetry and fortifies our understanding of the Christianization of Roman culture in Late Antiquity. It provides a fresh account of the ways Gallo-Roman Christian poets composed verse amid barbarian incursions, the rise of monasticism, and the collapse of the Western Roman Empire itself, showing how they responded to cultural instability with literary performances of spiritual discipline and religious reform.
Umfang:
1 online resource (289 pages)
Zielpublikum:
Specialized.
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780197600757
0197600751
9780197600771
0197600778
Schlagworte:
Christian poetry, Latin > History and criticism.
Latin poetry > Gaul > History and criticism.
Asceticism in literature.
Christianity and literature > Gaul.
Literature.
Literature: history & criticism.
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