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

• Autore: O'Daly Gerard J. P
• Pubblicazione: Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2012
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (423 p.)
• Disciplina: 874.01
• Soggetto topico: Christian poetry, Latin - History and criticism; Christian poetry, Latin
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Days linked by song
• ISBN: 1-283-57753-4; 9786613889980; 0-19-162630-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 996207658103316
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno