Ausonius grammaticus: the Christening of philology in the late Roman West
"The present volume describes the rich and complex world in which Ausonius (c. 310-395) lived and worked, from his humble beginnings as a schoolteacher in Bordeaux, to the heights of his influence as quaestor to the Emperor Gratian, at a time of unsettling social and religious change. As a teac...
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| Tipo di documento: | Stampa Libro |
| Lingua: | Inglese |
| Servizio "Subito": | Ordinare ora. |
| Verificare la disponibilità: | HBZ Gateway |
| WorldCat: | WorldCat |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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Piscataway, NJ
Gorgias Press
2021
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Gorgias studies in early Christianity and patristics (78)
Anno: 2021 |
| Periodico/Rivista: | Gorgias studies in early Christianity and patristics
78 |
| (sequenze di) soggetti normati: | B
Ausonius, Decimus Magnus 310-395
/ Poesia
/ Filologia
/ Cristianesimo delle origini
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| Altre parole chiave: | B
Literary Criticism
B Ausonius, Decimus Magnus Criticism and interpretation |
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| Riepilogo: | "The present volume describes the rich and complex world in which Ausonius (c. 310-395) lived and worked, from his humble beginnings as a schoolteacher in Bordeaux, to the heights of his influence as quaestor to the Emperor Gratian, at a time of unsettling social and religious change. As a teacher and poet Ausonius adhered to the traditions of classical paideia, standing in contrast to the Fathers of the Church, e.g., Jerome, Augustine, and Paulinus of Nola, who were emboldened by the legalization, then the imposition, of Christianity in the course of the fourth century. For this position he was labeled by the 20th-century scholar Henri-Irénée Marrou a symbol of decadence. Guided by Marrou's critical insights to both his own time and place and that of Ausonius, this book proposes a hermeneutic for reading Ausonius as both a fourth-century poet and a fascinating mirror for his 20th-century counterparts"-- |
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| Descrizione del documento: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Descrizione fisica: | xii, 241 Seiten, Illustrationen |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4632-4280-0 |
