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Preposterous Poetics: The Politics and Aesthetics of Form in Late Antiquity

Hardback

Main Details

Title Preposterous Poetics: The Politics and Aesthetics of Form in Late Antiquity
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Simon Goldhill
SeriesGreek Culture in the Roman World
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:315
Dimensions(mm): Height 235,Width 160
Category/GenreLiterature - history and criticism
Literary studies - classical, early and medieval
Christianity
Judaism
ISBN/Barcode 9781108494823
ClassificationsDewey:880.09
Audience
Professional & Vocational
Illustrations Worked examples or Exercises; 1 Halftones, black and white

Publishing Details

Publisher Cambridge University Press
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publication Date 17 September 2020
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

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.

Author Biography

Simon Goldhill is Professor of Greek at the University of Cambridge and a Fellow of King's College. He is one of the best-known writers on Greek literature and cultures, publishing almost twenty books and numerous articles on texts and topics from the whole span of antiquity and its reception, especially in the Victorian era. He has broadcast regularly on television and radio around the world, and has been profiled in newspapers from Brazil to Australia. His books have won three international prizes and been translated into ten languages.

Reviews

'A playful book, brimming with merriment in its stories and curiosities .' Kate Cooper, The Times Literary Supplement