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Education, religion, and literary culture in the 4th century CE : a study of the underworld topos in Claudian's De raptu Proserpinae
- Title
- Education, religion, and literary culture in the 4th century CE : a study of the underworld topos in Claudian's De raptu Proserpinae / Gabriela Ryser.
- Author
- Ryser, Gabriela
- Publication
- Göttingen : Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, [2020]
- ©2020
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Details
- Description
- 446 pages; 24 cm.
- Summary
- "This book contextualizes Claudian's handling of the Proserpina myth and the underworld in the history of literature and religion while showing intersections with and differences between the literary and religious uses of the underworld topos. In doing so, the study provides an incentive to rethink the dichotomy of the terms "religious" and "non-religious" in favour of a more nuanced model of references and refunctionalisations of elements which are, or could be, religiously connotated. A close philological analysis of De raptu Proserpinae identifies the sphere of myth and poetry as an area of expressive freedom, a parallel universe to theological discourses (whether they be pagan-philosophical or Christian), while the profound understanding and skilful use of this particular sphere "a formative aspect of European religious and intellectual history" is postulated as a characteristic of the educated Roman and of Claudian's poetry."-- Back cover.
- Series Statement
- Beiträge zur europäischen Religionsgeschichte (BERG), 2198-1035 ; volume 7
- Uniform Title
- Beiträge zur europäischen Religionsgeschichte ; v. 7.
- Alternative Title
- Study of the underworld topos in Claudian's De raptu Proserpinae
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- History.
- Note
- Revised version of the author's thesis (doctoral)--Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, 2018.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [383]-419) and indexes.
- Language (note)
- In English; includes texts Greek and Latin
- Call Number
- JFE 20-5849
- ISBN
- 9783525573211
- 3525573219
- LCCN
- 9783525573211
- OCLC
- 1138880426
- Author
- Ryser, Gabriela, author.
- Title
- Education, religion, and literary culture in the 4th century CE : a study of the underworld topos in Claudian's De raptu Proserpinae / Gabriela Ryser.
- Publisher
- Göttingen : Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, [2020]
- Copyright Date
- ©2020
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Beiträge zur europäischen Religionsgeschichte (BERG), 2198-1035 ; volume 7Beiträge zur europäischen Religionsgeschichte ; v. 7.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [383]-419) and indexes.
- Language
- In English; includes texts Greek and Latin
- Other Standard Identifier
- 9783525573211
- Research Call Number
- JFE 20-5849