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Autore |
Rose Paula Johanna <1968-> |
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Titolo |
A commentary on Augustine's De cura pro mortuis gerenda [[electronic resource] ] : rhetoric in practice / / by Paula J. Rose |
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Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2013 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (644 p.) |
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Collana |
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Amsterdam studies in classical philology ; ; v. 20 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Burial - Early works to 1800 |
Dead - Religious aspects - Christianity - Early works to 1800 |
Funeral rites and ceremonies - Early works to 1800 |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Front Matter / Paula J. Rose -- Epistolary Friendship / Paula J. Rose -- Death, Burial and the Hereafter in Augustine’s Works / Paula J. Rose -- The Structure of De cura pro mortuis gerenda / Paula J. Rose -- What Is the Usefulness of Burial ad sanctos? / Paula J. Rose -- Worst-Case Scenario: No Burial at All / Paula J. Rose -- Burial ad sanctos: Interaction between Place and Prayer / Paula J. Rose -- Attachment to the Body versus Care for the Soul / Paula J. Rose -- What about a Request for Burial in a Dream? / Paula J. Rose -- Augustinus Narrator: Dreaming of the Deceased / Paula J. Rose -- Present Angels, Absent Deceased / Paula J. Rose -- Asking an Expert: John of Lycopolis / Paula J. Rose -- Burial ad sanctos: An Incentive for Recommending the Deceased / Paula J. Rose -- Bibliography / Paula J. Rose -- Indexes / Paula J. Rose. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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In De cura pro mortuis gerenda Augustine interweaves an assessment of burial near the memorial of a martyr with a series of dream narratives. The seeming lack of coherence between argument and narrative in this treatise has puzzled many scholars. Combining an analysis of the overall structure of the argument and a detailed philological commentary, this study shows that Augustine’s text forms a well-composed unity. The study is based on discourse-linguistic and |
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