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Poetry and the Cult of the Martyrs

Poetry and the Cult of the Martyrs

The Liber Peristephanon of Prudentius

by Michael Roberts
Hardback
Publication Date: 30/12/1993

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Prudentius' Peristephanon is a collection of martyr texts from a vital period for the growth of martyr cult in the West. Building on recent work on the cult of the saints and on the sacralization of the space and time, Roberts demonstrates how the Peristephanon relates to developments in late fourth century spirituality.

The author examines how Prudentius creates an idiom to express devotion to the martyrs, particularly in the structuring of narrative and the use of poetic language. Roberts concludes by demonstrating how Prudentius employs the model of martyr cult to articulate the status of Christian literature, the role of the bishop in the Christian community, and the symbolic status of Rome in the Christian West.
ISBN:
9780472104499
9780472104499
Category:
Literary essays
Format:
Hardback
Publication Date:
30-12-1993
Language:
English
Publisher:
The University of Michigan Press
Country of origin:
United States
Pages:
232
Dimensions (mm):
229x152mm
Weight:
0.51kg

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