Rhetorical Strategies in Late Antique Literature: Images, Metatexts and Interpretation

ISBN-13: 9789004340091 / Francuski / Twarda / 2017 / 236 str.

Alberto Quiroga Puertas

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Rhetorical Strategies in Late Antique Literature: Images, Metatexts and Interpretation is a collection of essays that survey the rhetorical tropes and the metaliterary dimension of works by important authors such as Eusebius of Caesarea, Methodius, Gregory of Nazianzus, Nonnus and the emperor Julian in a period marked by intense and thriving contact between Classical paideia and Christian culture. Building on recent interpretations of the late antique cultural landscape as a milieu in which our understanding of religious dichotomies such as pagan vs. Christian requires a more nuanced reassessment, the contributions of this volume dissect the reuse of Classical literature and the deployment of rhetorical techniques in the creation of texts and images meant for use in cultural and religious debates.