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It seeks to restore poetry to its rightful place as a crucial source for interpreting the rich cultural and intellectual life of the era.

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This book persuasively re-evaluates Prudentius as a poet who effectively reshaped the reader's awareness of Christian self in relation to the wider Christian community... Students of Late Antiquity will find much of interest in this study of an ambitious poet. -- Charles Witke Journal of Late Antiquity 2008

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. An Epic Successor? Prudentius, Aeneid 6, and Roman Epic Tradition
2. Christian History and the Narrative of Rome
3. Christian Theology and the Making of Allegory
4. Pagan Philosophy and the Making of Allegory
Epilogue: Self, Poetry, and Literary History in Prudentius
Notes
Works Cited
Index

The Roman Self in Late Antiquity

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      Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
      Publication Date: 17/03/2008
      ISBN13: 9780801887222, 978-0801887222
      ISBN10: 0801887224

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      It seeks to restore poetry to its rightful place as a crucial source for interpreting the rich cultural and intellectual life of the era.

      Trade Review
      This book persuasively re-evaluates Prudentius as a poet who effectively reshaped the reader's awareness of Christian self in relation to the wider Christian community... Students of Late Antiquity will find much of interest in this study of an ambitious poet. -- Charles Witke Journal of Late Antiquity 2008

      Table of Contents

      Acknowledgments
      Introduction
      1. An Epic Successor? Prudentius, Aeneid 6, and Roman Epic Tradition
      2. Christian History and the Narrative of Rome
      3. Christian Theology and the Making of Allegory
      4. Pagan Philosophy and the Making of Allegory
      Epilogue: Self, Poetry, and Literary History in Prudentius
      Notes
      Works Cited
      Index

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