The Shadows of Poetry: Vergil in the Mind of Augustine

The Shadows of Poetry: Vergil in the Mind of Augustine
ISBN-10
0520920279
ISBN-13
9780520920279
Category
Literary Criticism
Pages
298
Language
English
Published
1998-06-30
Publisher
Univ of California Press
Author
Sabine MacCormack

Description

Imperial ceremony was a vital form of self-expression for late antique society. Sabine MacCormack examines the ceremonies of imperial arrivals, funerals, and coronations from the late third to the late sixth centuries A.D., as manifest in the official literature and art of the time. Her study offers us new insights into the exercise of power and into the social, political, and cultural significance of religious change during the Christianization of the Roman world.

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