A companion to late antique literature
2021
eBook
Abstract: With contributions from leading scholars in the field, A Companion to Late Antique Literature presents a broad review of late antique literature. The Companion covers notable Greek and Latin texts of the period and provides a varied overview of literature written in six other late antique languages.
Main title:
A companion to late antique literature / edited by Scott McGill and Edward J. Watts.
Author:
Edition:
[Enhanced Credo edition]
Imprint:
Boston, Massachusetts : Credo Reference, 2021.Hoboken, New Jersey : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2018.©2018
Collation:
1 online resource (50 entries) : 2 images ; digital files.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.Description based on title page of print version.
System details:
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Linking notes:
Print version: xv, 681 pages
Contents:
Late antique literature by language and tradition: Introduction; Greek; Latin; Syriac; Coptic; Armenian; Georgian; Middle Persian (Pahlavi); Languages of Arabia -- Literary forms: Classicizing history and historical epitomes; Ecclesiastical history; Chronicles; Epideictic oratory; Panegyric; Epic poetry; Epigrams, occasional poetry, and poetic games; Christian poetry; Prosimetra; Philosophical commentary; Biblical commentary; Christian theological literature; Sermons; Travel and pilgrimage literature; Biography, autobiography, and hagiography; Epistolography; Pseudepigraphy; Legal texts; Handbooks, epitomes, and florilegia; Grammar; School texts; Literature of knowledge; Inscriptions; Translation; Antiquarian literature -- Reception: Late antique literature in Byzantium; The Arabic reception of late antique literature; Late antique literature in the western middle ages; Early modern receptions of late ancient literature; Edward Gibbon and late antique literature; Nineteenth- and twentieth-century visions of late antique literature.
Access restrictions:
Access restricted to authorized users and institutions.
ISBN:
9781118830345 (hardcover)1118830369 (electronic book)9781118830369 (electronic book)1118830350 (electronic book)1118830393 (electronic book)9781118830390 (electronic book)9781787857377 (electronic version)9781118830352 (electronic book)
Dewey class:
809.021
LC class:
PN641
Language:
English
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BRN:
501439
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