Prudentius' Psychomachia : : A Reexamination / / Macklin Smith.
Prudentius' Psychomachia, written about A.D. 405, has been studied by classicists, medievalists, and general literary historians. Nevertheless, scholars have barely explored the allegory's inner workings or related it to its historical context. The present study remedies this critical negl...
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Smith, Macklin, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Prudentius' Psychomachia : A Reexamination / Macklin Smith. Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2015] ©1976 1 online resource (324 p.) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Princeton Legacy Library ; 1595 Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Critical Introduction -- Chapter I: The Christian Poet in His Times -- Chapter II: Psychic Warfare and Worship: The Form snd Mode of Conversion -- Chapter III: Salvation History and the Soul -- Chapter IV: The Assault Upon Vergil -- Index restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star Prudentius' Psychomachia, written about A.D. 405, has been studied by classicists, medievalists, and general literary historians. Nevertheless, scholars have barely explored the allegory's inner workings or related it to its historical context. The present study remedies this critical neglect and its attendant misreadings.The author arrives at a coherent, unified interpretation by examining the work's major features in relation to the poet's life and times. He contends that the poet balanced an affirmation of Christian allegory with an ironic negation of pagan literary tradition. For this remarkable achievement his audience was the aristocracy, still largely pagan at a time of intense antagonism between the Church and old Roman religious institutions.Originally published in 1976.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905. Issued also in print. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 30. Aug 2021) Allegory. Christian poetry, Latin History and criticism. Christian poetry, Latin. Christianity and literature Rome. Christianity and literature. Soul in literature. LITERARY CRITICISM / Medieval. bisacsh Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton Legacy Lib. eBook Package 1931-1979 9783110426847 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton Legacy Lib. eBook Package Literature 9783110413533 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Archive 1927-1999 9783110442496 print 9780691617275 https://doi.org/10.1515/9781400871162 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781400871162 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/cover/covers/9781400871162.jpg |
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