Prudentius, Spain, and Late Antique Christianity - Poetry, Visual Culture, and the Cult of Martyrs

Informationen zum Autor Paula Hershkowitz is an independent scholar who gained a doctorate in late Roman history from Birkbeck, University of London. Klappentext This book sets Prudentius' martyr poetry within the religious, social, and visual contexts of late antique Spain. Zusammenfassung This book sets Prudentius' martyr poetry within the religious! social! and visual contexts of late antique Spain. This original approach utilises the fields of history! archaeology! classical literature and art history! and the book is important for academics and more advanced students within these disciplines. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. An introduction to Prudentius: a Spanish poet for the martyrs; 2. Prudentius' audience: society and religious belief in late antique Hispania; 3. The Peristephanon and the martyr cults in Roman Spain; 4. Visual culture and martyrs: Prudentius, painter of pictures in words; 5. Prudentius' poetry in the context of the late antique culture of Hispania; 6. An epilogue for a Christian poet.

Product details

• Authors: Paula Hershkowitz, Hershkowitz Paula
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 05.01.2017
• EAN: 9781107149601
• ISBN: 978-1-107-14960-1
• No. of pages: 266
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; European History, Latin, HISTORY / Europe / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Poetry, LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, LITERARY CRITICISM / Medieval, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, Romania, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Literary studies: poetry & poets, Archaeology by period / region, c 500 to c 1000 CE, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, Literary studies: poetry and poets, BCE to c 500 CE, C 500 CE To C 1000 CE, BCE period – Protohistory, LITERARY CRITICISM / European / Eastern