Grammar and Christianity in the Late Roman World / / Catherine M. Chin.
Between the years 350 and 500 a large body of Latin artes grammaticae emerged, educational texts outlining the study of Latin grammar and attempting a systematic discussion of correct Latin usage. These texts-the most complete of which are attributed to Donatus, Charisius, Servius, Diomedes, Pompeiu...
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Place / Publishing House: | Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2013] ©2008 |
Year of Publication: | 2013 |
Language: | English |
Series: | Divinations: Rereading Late Ancient Religion
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (280 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- 1. Introduction. Toward Tyranny
- 2. Imagining Classics
- 3. From Grammar to Piety
- 4. Displacement and Excess Christianizing Grammar
- 5. Fear, Boredom, and Amusement Emotion and Grammar
- 6. Grammar and Utopia
- Epilogue. Christianization and Narration
- Notes
- Works Cited
- Index
- Acknowledgments