Latin Epics of the New Testament: Juvencus, Sedulius, Arator

ISBN-13: 9780199284573 / Angielski / Twarda / 2007 / 464 str.

Roger P. H. Green

Opis

Latin Epics of the New Testament is about the growth of Christianity, and in particular the challenge of engaging with the Roman intellectual elite and its highly sophisticated Graeco-Roman tradition. In this culture epics like those of Vergil and Lucan were highly valued for their language, their "heroic" themes, and their Rome-centered ideologies. Roger Green examines each of these epics in detail, showing how the three authors Juvencus, Sedulius, and Arator repackage the New Testament as epic, and try to make a bridge between two very different cultures. He explores the fascinating questions of how these authors exploit epic themes such as gods, heroes, war, and fate, without playing down the very real theological concerns of their times. All these poets were popular in the Middle Ages and later, and are the pioneers of poetry that leads to Renaissance epic and the famous poems of John Milton.

Recenzje

Green's writing is lucid, his scholarship magisterial. The novice is in safe hands, and the expert has plenty to engage with.

O autorze

Roger P. H. Green is Professor of Humanity, University of Glasgow.