Reading Sin in the World : The Hamartigenia of Prudentius and the Vocation of the Responsible Reader

Name: Reading Sin in the World
Brand: Cambridge University Press
SKU: 9781107519091
Price: 6300 KES
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ISBN: 9781107519091

by Anthony Dykes

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Format Paperback / softback

ISBN-10 1107519098

ISBN-13 9781107519091

Publisher Cambridge University Press

Imprint Cambridge University Press

Country of Manufacture GB

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date Apr 9th, 2015

Print length 294 Pages

Weight 434 grams

Dimensions 22.80 x 15.20 x 1.70 cms

Product Classification: Ancient Rome Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval Literary studies: classical, early & medieval Literary studies: poetry & poets Literary studies: poetry and poets

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Prudentius is one of the major Latin poets of antiquity. This major new study of his didactic poem, the Hamartigenia, which explores the origins of evil and its workings in the world, is striking for being as seriously interested in its theological as in its literary contribution.

Prudentius is one of the major Latin poets of antiquity. A Christian living and writing in Spain in the late fourth and early fifth centuries, he was thoroughly imbued with the whole tradition of Latin poetry. The Hamartigenia is a didactic poem exploring the origins of evil and how it operates in the world. It is full of echoes and reworkings of earlier poems by Lucretius, Virgil and others, but is also a serious contribution to this important theological issue which was much discussed in Church circles of the day. This is a major new study of the Hamartigenia in the context of Prudentius' work as a whole and is striking for being as seriously interested in its theological as in its literary contribution.

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