The Shadow of Creusa: Negotiating Fictionality in Late Antique Latin Literature (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9783110559248)

This study explores the early Christian confrontation with pagan culture as an anticipation of many later clashes between religious orthodoxy and literary fictionality. After a survey of Saint Augustine's long drawn-out farewell to ancient poetry, the author examines other Late Antique dismissals as well as appropriations of the classical heritage, elucidating a cultural conflict which was to leave traces all through the Middle Ages and beyond.

Author: Anders Cullhed
ISBN-10: 3110559242
ISBN-13: 9783110559248
Publisher: de Gruyter
Language: English
Published: 07/10/2017
Pages: 724
Format: Paperback
Weight: 2.21lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 1.45d