Prudentius Psychomachia
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Prudentius Psychomachia
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Author : Macklin Smith
language : en
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Release Date : 2015-03-08
Prudentius Psychomachia written by Macklin Smith and has been published by Princeton University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-03-08 with Literary Criticism categories.
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.
Prudentius Psychomachia
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Author : Prudentius
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2022
Prudentius Psychomachia written by Prudentius and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022 with categories.
This new translation brings to life Prudentius' Psychomachia, one of the most widely read poems in western Europe from Late Antiquity through the Renaissance. With accompanying notes and introduction, this volume provides a fresh exploration of its themes and influence. The Psychomachia of Prudentius (348-c. 405), an allegorical epic poem of nearly 1000 lines about the battle between the virtues and the vices for possession of the human soul, led early modern scholars to refer to the late antique poet as the Christian Vergil. Combining depictions of violent, single combats with allusions to pagan epic poetry, biblical scenes, and Christian doctrine, the poem captures the dynamism of the later Roman Empire in which the pagan world was giving way to a new, Christian Europe. In this volume, the introduction sets the historical and literary context and illuminates the Psychomachia's prominent role in western literary history. Mastrangelo's translation aims to capture the rhetorical power of the author's Roman Christian Latin for the 21st century reader. The notes provide the reader with in-depth information on Prudentius' Latinity, the Roman epic tradition, and Christian doctrine. This volume is directed at students and scholars across the disciplines of comparative literature, classics, religion, and ancient and medieval studies, as well as any reader interested in the history and development of literature in the West.
The Psychomachia Of Prudentius
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Author : Aaron Pelttari
language : en
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Release Date : 2019-08-22
The Psychomachia Of Prudentius written by Aaron Pelttari and has been published by University of Oklahoma Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-08-22 with Literary Criticism categories.
Prudentius (b. 348 c.e.), one of the greatest Latin poets of late antiquity, was also a devoted Christian. His allegorical masterpiece, Psychomachia, combines epic language and theological speculation to offer a powerful vision of Roman and Christian triumphalism. Yet this important work—one of the most popular and influential poems of the Middle Ages—is unfamiliar to most contemporary students of Latin. This edition, featuring the first full-length English commentary on the poem, makes Psychomachia accessible to modern learners. In his wide-ranging introduction, Aaron Pelttari examines the life of Prudentius, the world of late antiquity, and the structure of Psychomachia, along with its aims, reception, and manuscript transmission. The Latin text includes an apparatus criticus, and the corresponding commentary covers points of textual, grammatical, literary, and historical interest. Following the commentary are two appendices: an explanation of the poem’s meter, and a glossary of rhetorical and literary terms. A bibliography and a complete Latin-to-English glossary round out the volume. Ten illustrations enrich the text by showcasing medieval illuminations and early editions of the poem. Ideally suited for intermediate and advanced students of Latin, this volume is also useful for instructors and scholars, who will welcome its lucid interpretation of the poem and expert guidance on difficult passages. With its concise yet carefully considered format, The Psychomachia of Prudentius will be a welcome addition to scholarship on late antique Latin literature.
Prudentius Psychomachia
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Author : Marc Mastrangelo
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2022-02-27
Prudentius Psychomachia written by Marc Mastrangelo and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-02-27 with History categories.
This new translation brings to life Prudentius' Psychomachia, one of the most widely read poems in western Europe from Late Antiquity through the Renaissance. With accompanying notes and introduction, this volume provides a fresh exploration of its themes and influence. The Psychomachia of Prudentius (348–c. 405), an allegorical epic poem of nearly 1,000 lines about the battle between the virtues and the vices for possession of the human soul, led early modern scholars to refer to the late antique poet as "the Christian Vergil." Combining depictions of violent, single combats with allusions to pagan epic poetry, biblical scenes, and Christian doctrine, the poem captures the dynamism of the later Roman Empire in which the pagan world was giving way to a new, Christian Europe. In this volume, the introduction sets the historical and literary context and illuminates the Psychomachia’s prominent role in western literary history. Mastrangelo’s translation aims to capture the rhetorical power of the author’s Roman Christian Latin for the 21st-century reader. The notes provide the reader with in-depth information on Prudentius’ Latinity, the Roman epic tradition, and Christian doctrine. This volume is directed at students and scholars across the disciplines of comparative literature, classics, religion, and ancient and medieval studies, as well as any reader interested in the history and development of literature in the West.
Early Medieval Glosses On Prudentius Psychomachia
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Author : Sinéad O'Sullivan
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2004
Early Medieval Glosses On Prudentius Psychomachia written by Sinéad O'Sullivan and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with History categories.
This book elucidates the significance of glosses on Prudentius' "Psychomachia" in the German or Weitz manuscript tradition. It redirects attention away from the philological concerns of conventional scholarship toward those of mainstream Carolingian and Ottonian intellectual history.
Prudentius Psychomachia
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Author : Prudentius
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2022
Prudentius Psychomachia written by Prudentius and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022 with History categories.
"This new translation brings to life Prudentius' Psychomachia, one of the most widely read poems in western Europe from Late Antiquity through the Renaissance. With accompanying notes and introduction, this volume provides a fresh exploration of its themes and influence. The Psychomachia of Prudentius (348-c. 405), an allegorical epic poem of nearly 1000 lines about the battle between the virtues and the vices for possession of the human soul, led early modern scholars to refer to the late antique poet as the Christian Vergil. Combining depictions of violent, single combats with allusions to pagan epic poetry, biblical scenes, and Christian doctrine, the poem captures the dynamism of the later Roman Empire in which the pagan world was giving way to a new, Christian Europe. In this volume, the introduction sets the historical and literary context and illuminates the Psychomachia's prominent role in western literary history. Mastrangelo's translation aims to capture the rhetorical power of the author's Roman Christian Latin for the 21st century reader. The notes provide the reader with in-depth information on Prudentius' Latinity, the Roman epic tradition, and Christian doctrine. This volume is directed at students and scholars across the disciplines of comparative literature, classics, religion, and ancient and medieval studies, as well as any reader interested in the history and development of literature in the West"--
Deified Virtues Demonic Vices And Descriptive Allegory In Prudentius Psychomachia
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Author : Kenneth R. Haworth
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1980
Deified Virtues Demonic Vices And Descriptive Allegory In Prudentius Psychomachia written by Kenneth R. Haworth and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1980 with Allegory categories.
Allegory And Poetics
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Author : S. Georgia Nugent
language : en
Publisher: Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der Wissenschaften
Release Date : 1984-12-31
Allegory And Poetics written by S. Georgia Nugent and has been published by Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der Wissenschaften this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1984-12-31 with Foreign Language Study categories.
A close reading of the Psychomachia shows how the allegory gene- rates its narrative action from verbal play and textual allusion rather than in accordance with mimetic reality. A new understanding of the poem's structure reveals the important role of deception throughout. Deception in turn is related to the verbal trope of allegory, with its deceptive transformation of abstract noun into narrative agent. A final chapter explores the analogy between personification allegory and theoretical modelling as cognitive tools. Such an allegory is closer in aim to scientific models than to post-Romantic fictions.
Psychomachia The War Of The Soul Or The Battle Of The Virtues And Vices
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Author : Prudentius
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1743
Psychomachia The War Of The Soul Or The Battle Of The Virtues And Vices written by Prudentius and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1743 with categories.
The Psychomachia Of Prudentius
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Author : Prudentius
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1939
The Psychomachia Of Prudentius written by Prudentius and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1939 with categories.