Paulinus of Nola - Life, Letters, and Poems

"It is a book that does full justice, on his own terms, to Paulinus of Nola, a crucial figure in the religious and literary life of Latin Christianity in the late fourth and early fifth centures. Usually overshadowed by even more vivid and better-known contemporaries such as Ambrose, Jerome, and Augustine, Paulinus has long needed a biographer who could do justice to the poise with which he moved in a world already crowded with literary 'lights'. . . .Trout succeeds in doing all this in a manner that manages to be both exhaustive and invariably instructive."—Peter Brown, author of Society and the Holy in Late Antiquity

About the author

Dennis E. Trout is Associate Professor of Classics at Tufts University.

Summary

Offers a comprehensive reconsideration of the life and literary works of Paulinus of Nola (ca 352-431), a Roman senator who renounced his political career and secular lifestyle to become a monk, bishop, impresario of a saint's cult, and prominent Christian poet. This title traces Paulinus' intellectual and spiritual journey.

Product details

• Authors: Dennis E. Trout, Trout Dennis E.
• Publisher: University Of California Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.10.1999
• EAN: 9780520217096
• ISBN: 978-0-520-21709-6
• No. of pages: 404
• Series: Transformation of the Classical Heritage; Transformation of the Classical Heritage
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Biographies, autobiographies; History, HISTORY / Ancient / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, RELIGION / Antiquities & Archaeology, Religion: general, Archaeology, Ancient World, Ancient History, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval