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Paula Hershkowitz - Prudentius, Spain, and Late Antique Christianity: Poetry, Visual Culture, and the Cult of Martyrs - 9781107149601 - V9781107149601
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Prudentius, Spain, and Late Antique Christianity: Poetry, Visual Culture, and the Cult of Martyrs

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Description for Prudentius, Spain, and Late Antique Christianity: Poetry, Visual Culture, and the Cult of Martyrs hardcover. This book sets Prudentius' martyr poetry within the religious, social, and visual contexts of late antique Spain. Num Pages: 266 pages, 29 b/w illus. 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DVWR; 2ADL; 3D; 3F; DSBB; DSC; HBJD; HDD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 247 x 174 x 18. Weight in Grams: 700.
This book provides an innovative approach to the Hispano-Roman Christian poet Prudentius and his poetry. It is a breakthrough in Prudentian scholarship which unifies the differing disciplines of history, archaeology, literature and art history in arguing that Prudentius and his envisaged Spanish audience cannot be fully understood in isolation from their environment in late fourth- and early fifth-century Spain. Paula Hershkowitz focuses on Prudentius' Peristephanon, his collection of verses celebrating the deaths of martyrs, and places these poems within the context of Prudentius' world, uniquely employing material, visual and textual remains as evidence for its religious, social and cultural affiliations. ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
266
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781107149601
SKU
V9781107149601
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About Paula Hershkowitz
Paula Hershkowitz is an independent scholar who gained a doctorate in late Roman history from Birkbeck, University of London.

Reviews for Prudentius, Spain, and Late Antique Christianity: Poetry, Visual Culture, and the Cult of Martyrs
'Hershkowitz's book is a solid contribution to knowledge on Prudentius and his historical context. Understanding how the poet related to his contemporary audience and material culture in fourth-century Hispania sheds new light on his Peristephanon and refutes a number of tautological assertions found in previous scholarship. This book will definitely be very useful for those interested in Late Antiquity and ... Read more

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