The Roman Self in Late Antiquity Prudentius and the Poetics of the Soul

• Main Author: Mastrangelo, Marc (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Johns Hopkins University Press 2008
• Subjects: Literary studies: classical, early & medieval; Literary studies: ancient, classical & medieval
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The Roman Self in Late Antiquity for the first time situates Prudentius within a broad intellectual, political, and literary context of fourth-century Rome. As Marc Mastrangelo convincingly demonstrates, the late-fourth-century poet drew on both pagan and Christian intellectual traditions-especially...