Preposterous Poetics: The Politics and Aesthetics of Form in Late Antiquity (Greek Culture in the Roman World)

by Simon Goldhill

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How does literary form change as Christianity and rabbinic Judaism take shape? What is the impact of literary tradition and the new pressures of religious thinking? Tracing a journey over the first millennium that includes works in Latin, Greek, Hebrew and Aramaic, this book changes our understanding of late antiquity and how its literary productions make a significant contribution to the cultural changes that have shaped western Europe.
  • ISBN13 9781108849456
  • Publish Date 2 September 2020 (first published 27 August 2020)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country GB
  • Publisher Cambridge University Press
  • Imprint Cambridge University Press (Virtual Publishing)
  • Edition New edition
  • Format eBook
  • Language English