The Shadow of Creusa: Negotiating Fictionality in Late Antique Latin Literature

by Anders Cullhed, Michael Knight (Translator)

Overview

Anders Cullhed’s studyexplores the early Christian confrontation with pagan culture as a remote anticipation of many later clashes between religious orthodoxy and literary fictionality. After a careful survey of Saint Augustine’s long drawn-out farewell to ancient myth and poetry, Cullhed examines other Late Antique dismissals as well as appropriations of the classical heritage. Thus, The Shadow of Creusa elucidates a cultural conflict which was to leave traces all through the Middle Ages and beyond.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783110388367
Publisher:	De Gruyter
Publication date:	04/24/2015
Series:	Beiträge zur Altertumskunde , #339
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	724
File size:	2 MB
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Anders Cullhed,Stockholm University,Sweden.