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The satirical letters of St. Jerome. Translated into English and with an introd. by Paul Carroll.

Title: The satirical letters of St. Jerome. Translated into English and with an introd. by Paul Carroll.
Author: Jerome, Saint, -419 or 420
Publication: Chicago, Gateway Editions; distributed by H. Regnery Co. [1956]

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Carroll, Paul

Description

xxviii, 198 p.; 18 cm.

Subject

Jerome, Saint, -419 or 420

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Contents

Introduction -- A note on the translation -- Section I: Satirical letters -- Bantering a negligent correspondent -- Scolding a monk for having abandoned the desert -- Ironical gratitude for a gift of doves and a bracelet -- How to live as a nun in a profligate society -- An ideal for lukewarm Christians -- A defense of his intimacy with society ladies -- Caricature of a windbag -- How to be a devoted, impoverished priest -- Invective against a brash monk -- Calling a lecherous priest to repent -- Ironical attack on St. Augustine -- Section II. Miscellaneous letters -- Eulogy for an old scholar -- On the art of translation -- Why study the Scripture? -- Elegy on a young priest's death -- Alaric sacks Rome

OCLC

534500
SCSB-10061487

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Harvard Library