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Zusatztext In sum, Literary Territories is an important book that demonstrates handily how a "more fluid approach" to geographical literature can provide fresh insights into the astrological, astronomical, cosmographical, geographical, and topographical texts of late antiquity. It poses new questions for the study of Christianization and urbanization in Late Antiquity. Moreover, Johnson's insights into the dynamics and effects of cartographical thinking are likely to serve as springboards future research. Students of pilgrims' writings stand to benefit from the similarities Johnson detects between these works and other non-Christian travel genres ... With Johnson as navigator and fellow-traveler, the journey ahead is bound to be eye-opening. Informationen zum Autor Scott Fitzgerald Johnson is a Dumbarton Oaks Teaching Fellow in Byzantine Greek at Georgetown University. Klappentext Literary Territories argues that the literature of Late Antiquity shared a defining aesthetic sensibility which treated the classical "inhabited world," the oikoumene, as a literary metaphor for the collection and organization of knowledge. Zusammenfassung Literary Territories argues that the literature of Late Antiquity shared a defining aesthetic sensibility which treated the classical "inhabited world," the oikoumene, as a literary metaphor for the collection and organization of knowledge. Inhaltsverzeichnis Abbreviations Introduction Chapter 1 Pilgrimage and Archive Chapter 2 An Aesthetic of Accumulation Chapter 3 Locus Amoenus / Loca Sancta Chapter 4 Apostolic Geography Chapter 5 The Westwardness of Things Conclusion Appendix Astrological, Astronomical, Cosmographical, Geographical, and Topographical Texts in Greek, Latin, and Syriac from 0 to 700 CE Works Cited
