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Record Nr.

UNISA996207658103316

Autore

O'Daly Gerard J. P

Titolo

Days linked by song [[electronic resource] ] : Prudentius' Cathemerinon / / Gerard O'Daly

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2012

ISBN

1-283-57753-4

9786613889980

0-19-162630-9

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (423 p.)

Disciplina

874.01

Soggetti

Christian poetry, Latin - History and criticism

Christian poetry, Latin

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [391]-400) and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Abbreviations and Citations""; ""Introduction""; ""1. Before Dawn (Cath. 1)""; ""2. Morning (Cath. 2)""; ""3. Before Taking Food (Cath. 3)""; ""4. Postprandial (Cath. 4)""; ""5. The Lighting of the Lamps (Cath. 5)""; ""6. Before I Lay Me Down to Sleep (Cath. 6)""; ""7. Fasting (Cath. 7)""; ""8. After the Fast (Cath. 8)""; ""9. Song for All Seasons (Cath. 9)""; ""10. The Burial of the Dead (Cath. 10)""; ""11. Christmas (Cath. 11)""; ""12. Wise Men and Innocents (Cath. 12)""; ""13. Afterlife""; ""Appendix: The Praefatio""; ""Bibliography""

""Index of Selected Passages Cited""""General Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""V""

Sommario/riassunto

O'Daly looks at Prudentius' lyric poems and how they achieve a remarkable creative tension between the two worlds that determined Prudentius' culture: the beliefs and practices sacred books, and doctrines of Christianity and the traditions poetry, and ideas of the Greeks and Romans.