{"product_id":"from-mimesis-to-myth-george-frederick-rambow-9780520431010","title":"From Mimesis to Myth: Greek Portraits of St. Cyprian in Late Antiquity Volume 17","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrom Mimesis to Myth\u003c\/i\u003e traces the transformation of a Greek account of the life of Cyprian of Carthage into the legendary tale of Cyprian of Antioch as a means of exploring how late antique Christian authors and audiences interpreted the fictional qualities of hagiographic narratives. Through close readings of texts from the fourth and fifth centuries, including works by Gregory of Nazianzus and the Theodosian empress Aelia Eudocia, the book uncovers how Cyprian's legend evolved and how Christian authors embraced and transformed Greek literary traditions. George F. Rambow suggests that Christian writers consciously engaged in mythmaking and crafted a new heroic universe to rival the mythology of pagan antiquity. The book introduces the concept of \"noncontractual, protreptic representation\" to describe a uniquely Christian adaptation of Aristotelian mimesis, offering a new framework for interpreting fictional hagiographic narratives. Bridging history, religion, classics, and literary theory, Rambow fundamentally reassesses important assumptions in the ongoing debate on late antique narrative traditions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e George Frederick Rambow\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0520431014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780520431010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of California Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/04\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 250\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.20w x 1.00d","brand":"George Frederick Rambow","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48874582343935,"sku":"9780520431010","price":95.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/from-mimesis-to-myth-george-frederick-rambow-9780520431010","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}