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200 14$aThe myth of paganism $eNonnus, Dionysus and the world of late antiquity $fRobert Shorrock
210  1$aLondon $cBloomsbury $d2013.
215   $a1 online resource (186 p.)
225 1 $aClassical literature and society
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
311   $a0-7156-3668-5 
320   $aIncludes bibliographical references and index
327   $aEditor's Foreword -- Preface -- 1. Introduction: The Myth of Paganism -- 2. Inspiration and Authority: The Voice of the Poet in Late Antiquity -- 3. Christ and Dionysus: Nonnus' Paraphrase of St John's Gospel -- 4. Dionysus and Christ: Nonnus' Dionysiaca -- 5. The Poetics of Late Antiquity -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
330   $a"Traditional and still prevalent accounts of late antique literature draw a clear distinction between 'pagan' and 'Christian' forms of poetry: whereas Christian poetry is taken seriously in terms its contribution to culture and society at large, so-called pagan or secular poetry is largely ignored, as though it has no meaningful part to play within the late antique world. The Myth of Paganism sets out to deconstruct this view of two contrasting poetic traditions and proposes in its place a new integrated model for the understanding of late antique poetry. As the book argues, the poet of Christ and the poet of the Muses were drawn together into an active, often provocative, dialogue about the relationship between Christianity and the Classical tradition and, ultimately, about the meaning of late antiquity itself. An analysis of the poetry of Nonnus of Panopolis, author of both a 'pagan' epic about Dionysus and a Christian translation of St John's Gospel, helps to illustrate this complex dialectic between pagan and Christian voices."--Bloomsbury Publishing
330 8 $aTraditional and still prevalent accounts of late antique literature draw a clear distinction between 'pagan' and 'Christian' forms of poetry: whereas Christian poetry is taken seriously in terms its contribution to culture and society at large, so-called pagan or secular poetry is largely ignored, as though it has no meaningful part to play within the late antique world. The Myth of Paganism sets out to deconstruct this view of two contrasting poetic traditions and proposes in its place a new integrated model for the understanding of late antique poetry. As the book argues, the poet of Christ and the poet of the Muses were drawn together into an active, often provocative, dialogue about the relationship between Christianity and the Classical tradition and, ultimately, about the meaning of late antiquity itself. An analysis of the poetry of Nonnus of Panopolis, author of both a 'pagan' epic about Dionysus and a Christian translation of St John's Gospel, helps to illustrate this complex dialectic between pagan and Christian voices
410  0$aClassical literature and society.
606   $aPaganism in literature
606   $2Ancient religions & mythologies
615  0$aPaganism in literature.
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