Selections From Poems of Paulinus of Nola, Including Correspondence - Introduction, Translation, and Commentary

This volume offers a broad introduction to the correspondence of Ausonius of Bordeaux and his protégé Paulinus of Nola, as well as selections from Paulinus' poetic output. Suitable for students and scholars of Classics, Late Antiquity, and Religious Studies.

List of contents

1. Introduction; 2. The Earlier Letters; 3. The Principal Correspondence; 4. Selections From the Poems of Paulinus; 5. Comments: The Earlier Letters; 6. Comments: The Principal Correspondence; 7. Comments: Selections From the Poems of Paulinus.

About the author

Alex Dressler is Professor of Classics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His published works include Personification and the Feminine in Roman Philosophy and articles on Latin literature of all genres and periods, including Roman drama, the ancient novel, epic, epistolography, and lyric poetry, on a wide range of topics, ranging from gender and class to aesthetics and phenomenology.

Summary

This volume offers a broad introduction to the correspondence of Ausonius of Bordeaux and his protégé Paulinus of Nola, as well as selections from Paulinus' poetic output. Suitable for students and scholars of Classics, Late Antiquity, and Religious Studies.

Product details

• Authors: Alex Dressler, Dressler Alex
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.10.2024
• EAN: 9781032458243
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3245824-3
• No. of pages: 326
• Series: Routledge Later Latin Poetry
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; POETRY / General, Poetry, Classic and pre-20th century poetry