Free Delivery Over $100
|
|
|||
|
||||
OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Marc MastrangeloPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Routledge Weight: 0.453kg ISBN: 9780367205232ISBN 10: 0367205238 Pages: 162 Publication Date: 28 February 2022 Audience: College/higher education , General/trade , Tertiary & Higher Education , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsPreface; List of abbreviations; Introduction; Prudentius’ Pyschomachia translation; Notes to Prudentius’ Psychomachia; IndexReviews[T]his most welcome volume presents the Psychomachia of Prudentius... With great panache, Mastrangelo (Dickinson College) maintains the coloration and tone of the original Latin hexameters and admirably succeeds in graphically conveying the grisly atmospheric elements of the successive battles of the Virtues against the Vices. The translation is truly accessible to 21st-century readers... In addition, the book's excellent introduction and copious explanatory notes for each section of the poem effectively contextualize the allegory within its religious and cultural milieu and provide essential interpretive, philological, and historical instruction. Summing Up: Highly recommended. - CHOICE """[T]his most welcome volume presents the Psychomachia of Prudentius... With great panache, Mastrangelo (Dickinson College) maintains the coloration and tone of the original Latin hexameters and admirably succeeds in graphically conveying the grisly atmospheric elements of the successive battles of the Virtues against the Vices. The translation is truly accessible to 21st-century readers... In addition, the book's excellent introduction and copious explanatory notes for each section of the poem effectively contextualize the allegory within its religious and cultural milieu and provide essential interpretive, philological, and historical instruction. Summing Up: Highly recommended."" - CHOICE" Author InformationMarc Mastrangelo is Professor of Classical Studies at Dickinson College, USA, and the author of The Roman Self in Late Antiquity (2008). He has written on Greco-Roman intellectual history and poetics, and translated Diogenes Laertius’ Life of Socrates for the volume, The Unknown Socrates (2002). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
||||
