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Prudentius' Psychomachia (Hardcover)
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Prudentius' Psychomachia (Hardcover)
Series: Routledge Later Latin Poetry
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This new translation brings to life Prudentius' Psychomachia, one
of the most widely read poems in western Europe from Late Antiquity
through the Renaissance. With accompanying notes and introduction,
this volume provides a fresh exploration of its themes and
influence. The Psychomachia of Prudentius (348-c. 405), an
allegorical epic poem of nearly 1,000 lines about the battle
between the virtues and the vices for possession of the human soul,
led early modern scholars to refer to the late antique poet as "the
Christian Vergil." Combining depictions of violent, single combats
with allusions to pagan epic poetry, biblical scenes, and Christian
doctrine, the poem captures the dynamism of the later Roman Empire
in which the pagan world was giving way to a new, Christian Europe.
In this volume, the introduction sets the historical and literary
context and illuminates the Psychomachia's prominent role in
western literary history. Mastrangelo's translation aims to capture
the rhetorical power of the author's Roman Christian Latin for the
21st-century reader. The notes provide the reader with in-depth
information on Prudentius' Latinity, the Roman epic tradition, and
Christian doctrine. This volume is directed at students and
scholars across the disciplines of comparative literature,
classics, religion, and ancient and medieval studies, as well as
any reader interested in the history and development of literature
in the West.
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