LEADER 04125nam 22005891c 450 001 9910812239803321 005 20200115203623.0 010 $a1-4725-4033-6 010 $a1-4725-1965-5 024 7 $a10.5040/9781472540331 035 $a(CKB)2670000000419627 035 $a(EBL)1394934 035 $a(OCoLC)858763552 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001164431 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11753158 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001164431 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11182098 035 $a(PQKB)11781004 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1394934 035 $a(OCoLC)1058769650 035 $a(UtOrBLW)bpp09255245 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000419627 100 $a20140929d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$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. 676 $a883.01 676 $a883.01 700 $aShorrock$b Robert$0476401 801 0$bUtOrBLW 801 1$bUtOrBLW 801 2$bUkLoBP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910812239803321 996 $aThe myth of paganism$94051813 997 $aUNINA