Preposterous poetics : the politics and aesthetics of form in late antiquity / Simon Goldhill, University of Cambridge.
"How does literary form change as Christianity and rabbinic Judaism take shape? What is the impact of literary tradition and the new pressures of religious thinking? Tracing a journey over the first millennium that includes works in Latin, Greek, Hebrew and Aramaic, this book changes our unders...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge, UK ; New York, NY, USA :
Cambridge University Press,
2020.
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| Series: | Greek culture in the Roman world.
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| Summary: | "How does literary form change as Christianity and rabbinic Judaism take shape? What is the impact of literary tradition and the new pressures of religious thinking? Tracing a journey over the first millennium that includes works in Latin, Greek, Hebrew and Aramaic, this book changes our understanding of late antiquity and how its literary productions make a significant contribution to the cultural changes that have shaped western Europe"-- |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xxiii, 300 pages). |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9781108860024 1108860028 9781108849456 1108849458 |
| DOI: | 10.1017/9781108860024 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |