The Jeweled Style : Poetry and Poetics in Late Antiquity /

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This work offers a new approach to the Latin poetry of late antiquity, one centering on an aesthetic quality common to both the literature and the art of the period--the polychrome patterning of words and phrases or of colors and shapes. In the author's view, the writer or artist of this period...

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Main Author: Roberts, Michael, 1947 September 16-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 1989.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Late oudheid.
Latijn.
Beeldende kunsten.
Esthetica.
Dichtkunst.
Literature.
Latin poetry.
Latin language > Style.
Latin language > Metrics and rhythmics.
Christianity and literature.
Christian poetry, Latin.
ART > History > Ancient & Classical.
Christianisme et litterature > Rome.
Poesie chretienne latine > Histoire et critique.
Latin (Langue) > Metrique et rythmique.
Poesie latine > Histoire et critique.
Christianity and literature > Rome.
Christian poetry, Latin > History and criticism.
Latin poetry > History and criticism.
Rome (Empire)
Rome > In literature.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • An anthology of texts
  • The literary tradition and its refinement
  • Poetry and the visual arts
  • Variations of style : the Christian contribution.

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