{"product_id":"the-shadow-of-creusa-anders-cullhed-9783110310863","title":"The Shadow of Creusa: Negotiating Fictionality in Late Antique Latin Literature","description":"\u003cp\u003eAnders Cullhed's study \u003cem\u003eThe Shadow of Creusa \u003c\/em\u003eexplores the early Christian confrontation with pagan culture as a remote anticipation of many later clashes between religious orthodoxy and literary fictionality. After a careful survey of Saint Augustine's critical attitudes to ancient myth and poetry, summarized as a long drawn-out farewell, Cullhed examines other Late Antique dismissals as well as appropriations of the classical heritage. Macrobius, Martianus Capella and Boethius figure among the Late Antique intellectuals who attempted to save or even restore the old mythology by means of allegorical representation. On the other hand, pious poets such as Paulinus of Nola and Bible epic writers such as Iuvencus or Avitus of Vienne turned against pagan lies, and the mighty arch-bishop of Milan, Saint Ambrose, played off unconditional Christian truth against the last Roman strongholds of cultural pluralism. Thus, \u003cem\u003eThe Shadow of Creusa \u003c\/em\u003eelucidates a cultural conflict which was to leave traces all through the Middle Ages and reach down to our present day.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Anders Cullhed\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 3110310864\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9783110310863\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e de Gruyter\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/17\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 724\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.84lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 1.75d","brand":"Anders Cullhed","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48089076433151,"sku":"9783110310863","price":152.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f8632cbb-2872-4545-9cf9-1ddd3ba261cb.jpg?v=1769108064","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-shadow-of-creusa-anders-cullhed-9783110310863","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}